Kemboi wins third world title

Kenya's Ezekiel Kemboi celebrates after winning the men's 3000 metres steeplechase final at the 2013 IAAF World Championships at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow on August 15, 2013. (AFP)

Kenya's Ezekiel Kemboi won his third 3000 metres steeplechase world title at the World Athletics Championships on Thursday.

The 31-year-old two-time Olympic champion timed 8min 06.01sec to take gold while compatriot Conseslus Kipruto took silver in 8:06.37 and France's two-time Olympic silver medallist Mahiedine Mekhissi was third in 8:07.86.