Nicholas Kipkorir Kimeli (born 29 September 1998) is a Kenyan

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. In

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, on 9 June 2019, he ran a

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personal best in under 13 minutes. At the 2019

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, at the same distance, he finished in third place. He qualified for the final at the

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, after being third at the Kenyan Trials. Kimeli qualified to represent Kenya at the 2020 Summer Olympics, where he finished in

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. During the 2022

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, Kimeli won the 10K race with a time of 26:51, breaking the Romanian 10K all-comers record by nearly two minutes, and establishing himself as the fifth-fastest 10K runner ever.

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Diamond League, London
Kenyan male long-distance runners Living people 1998 births People from Uasin Gishu County World Athletics Championships athletes for Kenya Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Kenya Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Kenya 20th-century Kenyan people 21st-century Kenyan people {{Kenya-athletics-bio-stub