Collins Kipruto (born 12 April 1994) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner specializing in the 800 metres. He was the overall winner of the

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in the 800 m.

Biography

Collins is from Nyahururu, Kenya where he is a Kenya Wildlife Service officer in addition to his athletics career. At the 2019 Penn Relays, Kipruto anchored the winning Kenyan sprint medley relay team with a 1:47.16 split. This performance led to him qualifying for the

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, where he competed in the new mixed 2 × 2 × 400 m relay with women's teammate Eglay Nafuna Nalyanya. The team finished 4th across the line, but was later disqualified due to Nalyanya accidentally stepping inside the track. Kipruto was a regular on the

series, which concluded in February 2020. By virtue of winning the 800 m at the Copernicus Cup, Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais, and the Villa de Madrid Indoor Meeting, Kipruto was the overall Tour winner in the 800 m category. In March 2021, Kipruto criticised Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta's COVID-19 policies requiring athletes to train alone, saying that they would negatively affect his preparations for international competitions. At the February 2022

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, Kipruto held off

Noah Kibet Noah Kibet (born 12 April 2004) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner. He won the silver medal in the men's 800 metres event at the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships The 18th World Athletics Indoor Championships were held from 18 to 20 M ...

to win the 800 m in a meeting record of 1:47.05. With the

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qualifying standard achieved, Kipruto was targeting a podium finish, stating that he knew a win would not be easy considering the competition such as American athlete

Craig Engels Craig Engels (born May 1, 1994) is an American middle-distance runner. He competed for the United States at the 2013 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships, where he won the men's 1500 meters. In the 2016 USA Olympic Trials Engels was fo ...

. At the World Indoor Championships, Kipruto finished fourth in his heat and did not qualify for the finals.

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