Timothy Cheruiyot eager to secure medal in sixth World Championships appearance
Reading Time: 3min | Tue. 12.08.25. | 16:58
The 29-year-old has religiously graced every global stage since the Beijing 2015 World Championships
The 2019 World champion, Timothy Cheruiyot, will be making his sixth World Championships appearance when he lines up in Tokyo, Japan, from Saturday, 13 to Sunday, 21 September.
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The 29-year-old has religiously graced every global stage since the Beijing 2015 World Championships. This will also be his 10th year running the 1,500m, and he hopes to make it count in Tokyo.
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Cheruiyot qualified for the World Champs at the Athletics Kenya trials held at the Ulinzi Sports Complex last month. He finished an impressive second in the race behind the 2022 World Under-20 champion, Reynold Cheruiyot, and they both secured automatic slots to the World Championships.
With the slots now confirmed, Cheruiyot has shifted focus to amending his weak areas and helping Kenya claim a medal.
He was the last Kenyan man to clinch a 1,500m gold medal in 2019 in Doha, and since then, the country has been struggling. All eyes will be on him to use his experience to quench the six-year medal thirst.
Cheruiyot’s progress has been hampered by injuries in the past few years, but he revealed he is now injury-free and ready to roar.
Fueling his confidence is his early-season training in South Africa, which he admits was impactful in his subsequent Diamond League performances.
“My season has been stellar. I trained well, started the season on a high note, I trained outside the country for a long time, and my body is responding well, I am injury free, now it's just to sharpen my body before lining up for the World Championships,” he opened up.
He has competed in several Diamond League Meetings, finishing second in Rome, Italy, in the 1500m and fourth and seventh in the mile in Oslo, Norway and the Prefontaine Classic.
“I am very happy because this is the sixth World Championships for me, and I am very happy. This will also mark my 10th consecutive year of running 1,500m, and I do not take it for granted.
We have around one month to the World Championships, so I am going to work on my speed and endurance that I am lacking,” Cheruiyot offered.
At the World Championships, Cheruiyot will be joined by Reynold and teenage sensation Phanuel Koech, who will team up to bring medals home.
“Teamwork will also work because my teammates are very strong, so when we team up well, we can bring medals home,” he said.
Cheruiyot made his World Championships debut in 2015 in Beijing, where he finished seventh in the 1500m final, before claiming a silver medal in 2017 in London.
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At the 2019 edition of the event in Doha, Cheruiyot claimed the gold medal but failed to defend his title in 2022 in Eugene due to an injury. In 2023 in Budapest, Cheruiyot failed to make the final of the 1500m.
He competed in the Beijing 2015, London 2017, Doha 2019, Eugene 2022, Budapest 2023, and will be in Tokyo 2025.
