<div align="justify">Teenaged Kenyan star Celliphine Chespol recovered from a lost shoe to win the 3000M steeplechase with the second fastest time in history at the Prefontaine Classic Diamond League meeting on Friday.<br /><br />Chespol, still just 18, stormed to victory after a thrilling duel with Olympic champion and world record holder Ruth Jebet and fellow Kenyan Beatrice Chepkoech over the closing laps at the Eugene's Hayward Field.<br /><br />Chespol's hopes of a win looked to have evaporated when she stumbled on the water jump on the penultimate lap, appearing to have lost her shoe as Jebet and Chepkoech pulled ahead.<br /><br />Despite stooping to adjust her footwear, the teenager regained her composure and clawed back the lost ground before producing a devastating burst of speed up the home straight to finish in 8:58.78 seconds. Only the Kenyan-born Jebet of Bahrain, the world record holder with 8:52.78, has run faster.<br /><br />"It was difficult but I try my best. I'm happy of course," Chespol said afterwards.<br /><br /> In the night's other main race, the women's 5000M, Ethiopia's Genzebe Dibaba failed in her bid to better the world record of 14:11.15 set by her sister Tirunesh in 2008.<br /><br />Dibaba, the 1500M world champion, was racing against the clock for the final five laps after leaving the pack behind but could only finish in 14:25.22, well outside the world record, and her own personal best of 14:15.41 set in 2015.<br /><br />Lilian Rengeruk was a distant second in 14:36.80 while Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands was third.<br /><br />Results: Women: 5000M: Genzebe Dibaba (ETH) 14:25.22, 1; Lilian Rengeruk (KEN) 14:36.80, 2; Sifan Hassan (NED) 14:41.24, 3. <br /><br />3000M steeplechase: Celliphine Chespol (KEN) 8:58.78, 1; Beatrice Chepkoech (KEN) 9:00.70, 2; Ruth Jebet (BRN) 9:03.52, 3. <br /><br />Long jump: Brittney Reese (USA) 7.01M, 1; Tianna Bartoletta (USA) 6.83M, 2; Lorraine Ugen (GBR) 6.78, 3. <br /><br />Javelin throw: Tatsiana Khaladovich (BLR) 66.30M, 1; Liu Shiying (CHN) 65.21M, 2; Sara Kolak (CRO) 64.64M, 3. <br /></div>
<div align="justify">Teenaged Kenyan star Celliphine Chespol recovered from a lost shoe to win the 3000M steeplechase with the second fastest time in history at the Prefontaine Classic Diamond League meeting on Friday.<br /><br />Chespol, still just 18, stormed to victory after a thrilling duel with Olympic champion and world record holder Ruth Jebet and fellow Kenyan Beatrice Chepkoech over the closing laps at the Eugene's Hayward Field.<br /><br />Chespol's hopes of a win looked to have evaporated when she stumbled on the water jump on the penultimate lap, appearing to have lost her shoe as Jebet and Chepkoech pulled ahead.<br /><br />Despite stooping to adjust her footwear, the teenager regained her composure and clawed back the lost ground before producing a devastating burst of speed up the home straight to finish in 8:58.78 seconds. Only the Kenyan-born Jebet of Bahrain, the world record holder with 8:52.78, has run faster.<br /><br />"It was difficult but I try my best. I'm happy of course," Chespol said afterwards.<br /><br /> In the night's other main race, the women's 5000M, Ethiopia's Genzebe Dibaba failed in her bid to better the world record of 14:11.15 set by her sister Tirunesh in 2008.<br /><br />Dibaba, the 1500M world champion, was racing against the clock for the final five laps after leaving the pack behind but could only finish in 14:25.22, well outside the world record, and her own personal best of 14:15.41 set in 2015.<br /><br />Lilian Rengeruk was a distant second in 14:36.80 while Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands was third.<br /><br />Results: Women: 5000M: Genzebe Dibaba (ETH) 14:25.22, 1; Lilian Rengeruk (KEN) 14:36.80, 2; Sifan Hassan (NED) 14:41.24, 3. <br /><br />3000M steeplechase: Celliphine Chespol (KEN) 8:58.78, 1; Beatrice Chepkoech (KEN) 9:00.70, 2; Ruth Jebet (BRN) 9:03.52, 3. <br /><br />Long jump: Brittney Reese (USA) 7.01M, 1; Tianna Bartoletta (USA) 6.83M, 2; Lorraine Ugen (GBR) 6.78, 3. <br /><br />Javelin throw: Tatsiana Khaladovich (BLR) 66.30M, 1; Liu Shiying (CHN) 65.21M, 2; Sara Kolak (CRO) 64.64M, 3. <br /></div>