Gold medalist Kenya's Conseslus Kipruto attends the awarding ceremony for the men's 3,000m steeplechase final of Athletics at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Aug. 17, 2016. (Xinhua/Ren Zhenglai)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Kenya's Conseslus Kipruto set an Olympic record to win the men's 3,000m steeplechase gold at the Rio Games on Wednesday.
The 21-year-old finished in eight minutes 3.28 seconds to shave more than two seconds off the previous record set by his countryman Julius Kariuki at the 1988 Games in Seoul.
The USA's Evan Jager took silver at Rio's Olympic Stadium in 8:04.28 and Kenya's Ezekiel Kemboi grabbed bronze in 8:08.47.
Kipruto's victory gave Kenya their fourth gold medal of these Games.
