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Edmund Serem has plans to reclaim Kenya's steeplechase glory as he puts Soufiane El Bakkali on notice.
Amos Serem’s younger brother Edmund Serem has explained how they are planning to reclaim Kenya’s glory in the steeplechase as he put Soufiane El Bakkali on notice.
The reigning world under-20 3000m steeplechase champion revealed that plans are underway to find the best way how they can dominate the steeplechase in the coming seasons. Kenya has dominated the 3000m steeplechase for years but things started changing after Ezekiel Kemboi’s retirement and Conseslus Kipruto’s injury woes.
Kenya won every Olympic title in the men’s 3000m steeplechase from 1968 to 2016. Soufiane El Bakkali ended Kenya’s streak at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. The Moroccan claimed the 2022 and 2023 World Championships titles and then defended his Olympic title at the Paris Olympic Games this year. The world record was broken last year by Ethiopia’s Lamecha Girma.
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However, that might change soon with the rise of youngsters including Amos and Edmund who want to bring back Kenya’s glory in the event.
“We talked about strategic plans to nurture and work with the young and emerging stars to maintain Kenya's glory in athletics into the future, especially in the steeplechase,” Edmund said in an interview with World Athletics.
“In recent years the men's steeplechase has been dominated mostly by Morroco's Soufiane El Bakkali, but we plan to end that.”
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He is now focusing on making the cut to the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan despite having raced as a youngster for a short time. His experience competing on the global stage is at the 2023 Africa Under-20 championships.
This year has been a success for the youngster who competed at the African Games in Accra, Ghana where he finished sixth. He then went on to claim top honours at the World Under-20 Championships in Peru, Lima.
He now plans to make it through the Kenyan trials to the World Championships where, together with those who will be selected, they will work together to reclaim the steeplechase title.
“We’re taking things one step at a time. The first step will be to make the team at the national trials, and then we will make the plans for the World Championships after that,” Edmund said.
Edmund opened up about how his father has always been supportive of their talent since he wants them to achieve the things he never managed when he was an active athlete.
His father would always show them videos of Ezekiel Kemboi and Conseslus Kipruto competing to motivate them to never give up.
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“It has always been our dad's dream to see us achieve what he wanted to achieve for himself as a youth, but didn't due to lack of support,” said Serem.
“He would buy training shoes and running apparel and provide transport money for us to attend all the weekend meetings in the region.”
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