Kipyegon Bett (born 1 February 1998) is a Kenyan

middle-distance runner Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, up to 3000 metres. The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distance event. The 1 ...

specializing in the

800 metres The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since t ...

. Bett won the 800 metres at the 2016 World U20 Championships in Bydgoszcz,

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. He also came second in the 800 metres at the 2015 World Youth Championships in Cali, Colombia. In the second meet of the

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, Bett won the 800m event in 1:44.70. He won the bronze medal in the 800 metres at the 2017 World Championships held in London. He tested positive for EPO in 2018 and received a four-year ban in November.

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* 1998 births Living people Kenyan male middle-distance runners Place of birth missing (living people) World Athletics Championships athletes for Kenya World Athletics Championships medalists Kenyan sportspeople in doping cases {{Kenya-athletics-bio-stub