Samwel Chebolei Masai
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| Nationality | Kenyan | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | Samwel Chebolei Masai 20 March 2001 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and Field | |||||||||||||||||
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Samwel Chebolei Masai (born 20 March 2001) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner.[1]
Biography
In February, 2019 Chebole Masai won the national junior cross country 8 km title at the Eldoret Sports Club.[2] He then competed for Kenya at the 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Aarhus, Denmark in March, 2019 finishing 8th in the junior category in a time of 24.19 in the individual race and contributing to the team's bronze in the team event.[3][4]
He ran a new personal best in Hengelo on 8 June 2021 of 13:12.55 over 5000m.[5] On June 19, 2021, he earned a spot on the Kenyan team for the 2020 Summer Games in the 5000m after finishing in the top 3 at the Kenyan Olympic trials in a time of 13:17.40.[6][7] However, despite being on the start list of athletes he did not start his 5000m heat in Tokyo.[8]
He finished fifth and won team gold with Kenya at the 2024 World Athletics Cross Country Championships.[9] In December 2024, he won The Great Chepsaita Cross Country race in Kenya.[10]
He competed over 5000 metres at the 2025 Shanghai Diamond League event in China on 3 May 2025.[11] He ran a personal best 27:07.65 for the 10,000 metres at the 2025 Prefontaine Classic on 5 July.[12]
In March 2026, he was runner-up at the Prague Half Marathon running 58:16 to finish behind a course-record setting Rodrigue Kwizera.[13]
References
- ↑ "Samwel Chebolei MASAI | Profile". worldathletics.org.
- ↑ "Samuel Chebole claims U20 National Cross Country title". Nation.Africa.
- ↑ IAAF, Dennis Okeyo and. "Kenya fail to reclaim men's under-20 crown, again". The Standard.
- ↑ "U20 Race Result | IAAF World Cross Country Championships Aarhus 2019". www.worldathletics.org.
- ↑ "2021 Ethiopian Olympic Trials: Gudaf Tsegay (14:13) & Getnet Wale (12:53) Among Six World-Leading Times as New Stars Emerge". LetsRun.com. 8 June 2021.
- ↑ "Kenyan Olympic Trials, Nairobi 17-19/06/2021 | Africathle". Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- ↑ Olobulu, Timothy (19 June 2021). "Conseslus, Timothy Cheruiyot out as Kenya names team for Tokyo Olympics". Capital Sports.
- ↑ "Kimeli is Kenya's sole 5000m Olympic hope as Simiu, Masai crash out". michezoafrika.com.
- ↑ Henderson, Jason (30 March 2024). "Kiplimo confirms he's the king of cross country". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
- ↑ "Chekwemoi and Chebolei claim victories in Chepsaita". World Athletics. 7 December 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2026.
- ↑ "Results - Shanghai/Suzhou Diamond League 2025". Watch Athletics. 3 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ↑ "Results - Eugene Diamond League - Pre Classic 2025". Watch Athletics Weekly. 5 July 2025. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
- ↑ "RODRIGUE KWIZERA BREAKS PRAGUE HALF COURSE RECORD". Athletics Weekly. 28 March 2026. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
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