Kenya reaffirmed its supremacy in track on Monday night by dominating the men\u2019s 3,000m steeplechase at the 2026 Commonwealth Games as Edmund Serem led his compatriots in a 1-2-3 finish in Glasgow, Scotland.<\/p>\n
Teenage sensation Edmund Serem stormed to victory, crossing the line in 8:18.23,<\/span> with Simon Koech bagging a silver medal in 8:18.59, as\u00a0 Leonard Kipkemoi Bett completed the all-Kenyan podium sweep with a bronze in 8:21.63.<\/span><\/p>\n Speaking after his win, Serem reflected on his victory: \u201cToday I\u2019m very happy, because I won my first gold medal at the Commonwealth Games. I know my family and all the 55 million Kenyans are proud of me, and it\u2019s a great way to end the night. <\/span>Actually, I didn\u2019t expect to win, because the field was very strong, having a world champion in the race and also Simon Koech, who has managed a sub-eight minutes this season, running 7:59. I can say I\u2019ve done well and I would like to thank my father, who kept on calling me all the time today, preparing me for the race.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n For the bronze medalist Leonard Kipkemoi Bett, standing on the Commonwealth podium marked the culmination of a gruelling journey back to global athletics.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cFirst of all, winning a global medal\u2014a bronze medal in the Commonwealth Games\u2014it\u2019s been two years of injuries, back-to-back injuries in 2024 and 2025. Now in a podium position, I\u2019m happy for that,\u201d Bett said.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cDuring that time, I managed to achieve becoming a software developer, and now coming back to serious training and racing again at the global level. I dedicate this win to my family and all those who were at my back.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Earlier in the evening, Diana Wanza claimed Kenya\u2019s second silver medal of the Games in a dramatic women\u2019s 10,000m final.<\/span><\/p>\n Wanza, 27, set a relentless pace from the start and looked set to claim gold. However, Australia\u2019s Rose Davies launched a surprise surge with two laps remaining, surging ahead to steal victory in a season-best 31:39.32, ahead of Wanza (31:50.13). Fellow Kenyans Miriam Chebet 32:12.97 and Rebecca Mwangi (32:36.12) placed seventh and 10th.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI executed my race the way I had planned, and I was shocked to see the Australian emerge from nowhere, with two laps to go,\u201d Wanza said following her race. \u201cAt this point I told myself I could not give up, because I knew that the rest were still coming and any psychological breakdown could have cost me a medal. I want to thank God, and I\u2019m very happy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n In other action, Janet Jepkemoi safely progressed to the semi-finals of the women\u2019s 800m race after finishing third in Heat 1 with a time of 2:02.30, while in the men\u2019s Long Jump, 31-year-old Isaac Kirwa Yego advanced to the semi-final stage after jumping 7.63m to place sixth in Group A qualification.<\/span><\/p>\n\n The post Serem leads Kenyans podium sweep in 3000msc at the Commonwealth Games<\/a> appeared first on KBC Digital<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Kenya reaffirmed its supremacy in track on Monday night by dominating the men\u2019s 3,000m steeplechase at the 2026 Commonwealth Games as Edmund Serem led his compatriots in a 1-2-3 finish in Glasgow, Scotland. Teenage sensation Edmund Serem stormed to victory, crossing the line in 8:18.23, with Simon Koech bagging a silver medal in 8:18.59, as\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-148245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148245\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}