Rising athlete and London Olympics debutant, Jacob Araptany ran a personal best of 8:14.48 in the 3000m steeplechase at the Rome Samsung Diamond League meet.
Despite this, Araptany narrowly missed a podium finish at the Daegu World Athletics Championships finished seventh in the water jump race saw five Kenyans fill the top six positions.
Araptany is a bronze medalist at the IAAF World Junior Games in Canada two years ago ran a personal best of 8:14.48 in the water jump race that Kenyan Paul Kipsiele Koech who won at this year’s Doha meet crossed the finish line first, setting a new world lead time and meet record race after clocking 7:54.31.
Abel Kiprop Mutai and Jairus Kipchoge Beriche took second and third slots in pecking order as Kenya vividly showed prowess.
Benjamin Kiplagat, the other Ugandan, finished behind Araptany after poising a season’s best of 8:17.55.