Nairobi — Eunice Jepkorir clocked in at nine minutes, 20.09 seconds to win Kenya's second world championship medal - a bronze - in the 3,000 metres steeplechase at the World Athletics Championships here yesterday but said more needed to be done to improve the standards.
"To say the truth, the women's standards are still a bit low compared to the men's but we know it's only the second time the event is featuring in the world championships and so it's only still developing but yes, there is need for more efforts to make it better," she said.
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