{"id":3469,"date":"2014-07-04T23:40:34","date_gmt":"2014-07-05T03:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kenyapage.net\/commentary\/?p=3469"},"modified":"2014-07-04T23:50:23","modified_gmt":"2014-07-05T03:50:23","slug":"sum-birech-continue-dominance-as-cherono-shocks-dibaba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kenyapage.net\/commentary\/kenya-athletics-news-3\/sum-birech-continue-dominance-as-cherono-shocks-dibaba\/","title":{"rendered":"Sum, Birech continue dominance as Cherono shocks Dibaba"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Eunice Sum Continues dominance<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oNQtaZQFXHk?feature=player_detailpage\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Ever since she burst onto the scene at the 2013 world championships by winning ahead of heavily favoured Russian Mariya Savinova, Eunice Sum has been on a tear. In 2014 she has won 6 out of the 7 races she has entered in the Diamond league or golden gala. Lausanne was no different as she dominated the race.<\/p>\n<h2>Mercy Cherono outkicks Genzebe Dibaba<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n5XcrIDeDVc?feature=player_detailpage\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nThis was a massive win for Cherono considering that the &#8220;baby&#8221; of the Dibaba sisters has been on a record setting tear this year having set indoor records in the 1500m and 3000m<\/p>\n<h2>Jairus Birech dominates steeplechase<\/h2>\n<p>Jairus Birech has been in sensational form in the Diamond league this season. He has won the 3000m steeplechase\u00a0 in four straight races including in Oslo and Rome. This time he beat a strong field that included former world and Olympic champions like Paul Kipsiele Koech and Brimin Kipruto. His closest challenger was Conselus Kipruto who finished a good 7.5 seconds behind. The dominance of Kenyans in this race was thorough and utter.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/kenyapage.net\/athletics\/images\/lausanne-3000sc.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"704\" height=\"535\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 473px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kenyapage.net\/athletics\"><br \/>\nGo to Kenya Athletics Page<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/kenyapage.net\/commentary\/kenya-athletics-news-3\/sum-birech-continue-dominance-as-cherono-shocks-dibaba\/\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground:  !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 100% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eunice Sum Continues dominance Ever since she burst onto the scene at the 2013 world championships by winning ahead of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kenya-athletics-news-3","wpcat-31-id"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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