Ezekiel Kemboi remains the favorite for the 3,000 m steeplechase title at World Championships in Moscow, which begins this Saturday. The Kenyan has been reprimanded by his federation for not traveling with the rest of the team. He would have shifted his flight at the last moment.

To believe l’Equipe, Benjamin Njoga, the manager of the Kenyan selection did not appreciate the behavior of Steepler. The athlete may be punished for this behavior. “The rule is that the team travels together” it is so far merely observed by Isaiah Kiplagat, chairman of the federation.
Double world champion and Olympic champion in the 3,000 m steeplechase, Kemboi, 31, has impressed again in early July in Paris. The athlete had achieved the world’s best performance of the season with 7 minutes 59 seconds 3 cents.

If Kemboi gets crowned in Moscow again, he would become the first Kenyan to win three consecutive world titles in the discipline.