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Kiptanui emerged in 1991 as a relatively unknown athlete. He won several Grand prix races that season. He celebrated an especially spectacular victory in Zurich where he fell on the floor on the last lap but still won easily. His victoy at the 1991 World Championships In Athletics in Tokyo therefore came as no surprise. To the great disappointment of many observers he was not included in the Kenyan team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona . Kiptanui had failed to qualify at the Kenyan trials in Nairobi. However, shortly after the Olympics he set a new world record over 3000 m in he also set the new 3000 m steeplechase record in Zurich in a time of 7:59.18 min. A year later, he missed out on an Olympic gold medal again when he came second in the final in Atlanta . MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS
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