Career
He has a personal best of 3:30.61 minutes for the event as well as a best of 3:50.68 minutes for the mile run. He was the bronze medallist at the 2012 African Championships in Athletics. Born in Nandi County, Magut gained his first national selection after a runner-up finish in the 1500 m at the Kenyan junior championships.
Following this he performed in Europe for the first time, finishing in the top ten at the Rieti Meeting and Hanžeković Memorial.
He topped the podium at the 2009 African Junior Athletics Championships. He set a new best of 3:50.68 for the distance at the Dream Mile at the Bislett Games a week later – this was only enough for sixth at the higher calibre event, but still ranked him the eighth fastest runner that year.
He ran a 1500 m personal best of 3:34.60 minutes to place second at the national championship race, but faltered at the Kenyan Olympic trials, coming in sixth place and failing to break 3:40 minutes. Magut came third at the British Grand Prix (his first top three placing on the IAAF Diamond League) and peaked for the season at the Hanžeković Memorial, winning with a personal best of 3:33.31 minutes.
He was third at the Bislett Games and was runner-up at the national championships.
He did not finish in the top three at the Kenyan World Championships trials and failed to finish at the Herculis and DN Galan 2013 IAAF Diamond League meets. His best run that year came at the London Grand Prix, where he was third in the mile in a near personal best of 3:50.93 minutes, ranking him eighth that year for the distance. Magut had a string of victories in Australia in early 2014, winning in Melbourne, Perth and Sydney.
A personal best for the 1500 m followed at the Doha Diamond League meet, although his time of 3:30.61 minutes placed him fifth in the quick race.
These performances earned him a place on the Kenyan 4×1500 metres relay team for the inaugural 2014 IAAF World Relays. 1000 metres – 2:19.72 minutes (2013)
1500 metres – 3:30.61 minutes (2014)
1500 metres (indoors) – 3:48.65 minutes (2014)
Mile run – 3:50.68 minutes (2012).