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She was Kenya"s most prominent entrant for the 5000 metres at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics and finished with a bronze medal in a personal best of 15:36.74 minutes behind Ethiopian opposition.
She was Kenya"s most prominent entrant for the 5000 metres at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics and finished with a bronze medal in a personal best of 15:36.74 minutes behind Ethiopian opposition.
At the 2015 IAAF World Cross Country Championships she became the second-youngest ever gold medallist in the women"s race after Zola Budd. She was a medallist at junior level at the World Cross Country and World Junior Championships in Athletics. She holds a 5000 m best of 14:50.36 minutes.
This led to her first national selection and international medal at the 2012 African Cross Country Championships.
She was again runner-up to Kipyegon and took the junior silver medal. She made progress on the track that year, setting personal bests of 8:39.13 minutes for the 3000 metres and 14:50.36 minutes for the 5000 metres, and also on the roads with a half marathon best of 71:57 minutes.
In the 2014 season she finally emerged from Kipyegon"s shadow. Tirop entered the senior ranks in the 2015 season and immediately performed well, winning the Eldoret Discovery Cross Country in Kenya.
She was second to Kipyegon at the Kenyan senior national championship race and earned a senior national selection – a performance which filled her with confidence: "I did not even believe I could make the team
1500 metres – 4:12.68 (2013)
3000 metres – 8:39.13 (2013)
5000 metres – 14:50.36 (2013)
Half marathon – 71:57 (2013)
All information from IAAF.
Tirop was again second to Kipyegon at the 2013 Kenyan Cross Country Championships and teamwork between the pair led to a Kenyan 1–2 and team title at the 2013 IAAF World Cross Country Championships – Kipyegon defended her title while Tirop was a narrow second to claim her first medal at the competition.