Kenya’s Japan-based Janet Jepkoech produced a remarkable performance at the Seiko Golden Grand Prix—the third World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting of the 2026 season—held on Sunday, 17 May. Jepkoech increased the pace during the final kilometre of the women’s 3000m to claim victory in a meeting record and personal best time of 8:39.24, underlining her status as one of Kenya’s rising distance stars.
