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Chespol loses shoe, then roars to second best steeplechase

Chespol loses shoe, then roars to second best steeplechase
Celliphine Chespol Reuters

By Gene Cherry EUGENE, Oregon, May 27 (Reuters) Kenyan teenager Celliphine Chespol, after temporarily losing a shoe on the penultimate lap, recovered to run the second fastest women's 3,000 metres steeplechase ever at the Prefontaine Classic Diamond League meeting.
The 18-year-old needed to stop and reattach the shoe with about 550 metres to go, then roared to victory in eight minutes, 58.

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