Career
Sacrificing his own chances for a medal to team tactics, he pulled Keino through a 56-second first 400 meters, before being passed by his teammate with 800 meters to go and drifting back into the pack. By that point, Keino had established a lead of 20 meters or more, which Ryun"s famous finishing speed could not erase. Jipcho later apologized to Ryun for acting as Keino"s rabbit.
He was later quoted:
"Running for money doesn"t make you run fast.
lieutenant makes you run first.".