Reynold Cheruiyot Explained

Reynold Kipkorir Cheruiyot
Nationality:Kenyan
Sport:Athletics
Birth Date:30 July 2004
Birth Place:Bomet, Kenya
Pb:1500m: 3:30.30 (Chorzow, 2023)
One Mile: 3:48.06 (Eugene, 2023) (WU20R)
5000m: 13:33.05 (Nairobi, 2022)

Reynold Kipkorir Cheruiyot (born 30 July 2004) is a Kenyan runner who competes in track and field and cross-country.[1] He holds the current world junior record in the mile run.

Early and personal life

He hails from Bomet County in Kenya. Both of his parents were athletes, but only raced in Kenya. He is not a relation of Timothy Cheruiyot but he has described him as his role model.[2] He slowed down to allow Timothy Cheruiyot to overtake him at the finish line of the Kenyan World Championship Trials in July 2023 out of respect for him.[3]

Career

In August 2022, he won gold at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia, in the 1500m race.[4] [5]

In January 2023, he finished second at the 2023 World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Bathurst, Australia, in the U20 race. In April 2023 he won gold in the 1500m at the African U20 Championships in Ndola, Zambia.[6] He also finished second at the 5k at the Lille Half Marathon.[7]

In May 2023, he lowered his personal best for the 1500m to 3:32.02 in Nairobi.[8] Later that month he ran 1500m in 3:32.01 in Los Angeles.[9] He lowered it to 3:30.30 at the Diamond League event in Silesia in July 2023.[10]

Selected for the 1500m at the 2023 World Athletics Championships, he qualified for the final, in which he finished eighth.[11] In September 2023, he set a new under-20 world record for the mile, running 3:48.06 at the Diamond League final in Eugene, Oregon.[12] This time improved the previous record of İlham Tanui Özbilen by over a second and was ratified by World Athletics in November 2023.[13]

On 20 April 2024, he won the 1500 metres at the Kip Keino Classic in Kenya in a time of 3:31.96.[14] In May 2024, he finished third in the 1500 metres at the 2024 Doha Diamond League event.[15]

In June 2024, he won the Kenyan Olympic trial in Nairobi over 1500 metres and was subsequently named in the Kenyan team for the 2024 Paris Olympics.[16]

Personal bests

Outdoor

Road

Notes and References

  1. Web site: R.Cheruiyot. World Athletics. 19 August 2023.
  2. Web site: Reynold Cheruiyot Dedicates Medal to Athletic Parents Who Didn't Make It Big:" This Gold Is for Them". 19 August 2023. tuko.co.ke. August 5, 2022. Susan. Mwenesi.
  3. Web site: Kipkorir explains why he slowed down for Cheruiyot to take victory at national trials. the-star.co.ke. 14 July 2023.
  4. Web site: 19 August 2023. August 4, 2022. John. Vaselyne. Reynold Cheruiyot wins the second gold medal for Kenya in Cali. athletics.co.ke.
  5. Web site: Kenyan Duo storm 1500 final. Nation.Africa. 19 May 2024. 1 August 2022.
  6. Web site: World Championships 1500m title reclamation begins as Abel Kipsang and Reynold Cheruiyot head to Silesia. Pulse Sports. 19 August 2023. Abigael. Wafula. 13 July 2023.
  7. Web site: Trailblazing Reynold Cheruiyot faces stern test at LA Grand Prix. Abigael. Wafula. 26 May 2023. Pulse Sports. 19 August 2023.
  8. Web site: 18-Yr-Old Reynold Cheruiyot Runs PB 3:32.02 In Nairobi 1500m. Milesplit.com. 19 August 2023. Joe. Battaglia. May 13, 2023.
  9. Web site: Timothy Wins Battle of Cheruiyots in LA. 19 August 2023. Jonathan. Gault. May 27, 2023. Lets Run.
  10. Web site: Budapest23: Reynold Cheruiyot shifts focus on worlds after PB in Silesia. Mozzartsport.coke. 19 August 2023. 18 July 2023. Lynette. Matheka.
  11. Web site: Men's 1500m Results: World Athletics Championships 2023. Watch Athletics. 20 August 2023. 20 August 2023.
  12. Web site: Ingebrigtsen out-duels Nuguse at Diamond League final. 4 October 2023. Jason. Henderson. September 16, 2023 . World Athletics.
  13. Web site: Men’s world U20 mile record. World Athletics. 24 November 2023.
  14. Web site: KIP KEINO CLASSIC 2024: KENNY BEDNAREK WINS 100M AS KATZBERG, MORAA, LINDSEY AND NDORI SET WORLD LEADS. Olympics.com. 21 April 2024. 20 April 2024. Rory . Jiwani.
  15. Web site: Komen stuns former World Champion Cheruiyot to win 1500m in Doha. standard media. 12 May 2024. 11 May 2024.
  16. Web site: Faith leads chase for glory as Olympics squad is unveiled. tnx.africa. 16 June 2024. Dennis. Okeyo . June 16, 2024.

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