Paul Kipsiele Koech of Kenya jumps a water obstacle in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase heat during the IAAF World Athletics Championships at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow August 12, 2013. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (RUSSIA - Tags: SPORT ATHLETICS) - RTX12I3J
Paul Kipsiele Koech of Kenya jumps a water obstacle in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase heat during the IAAF World Athletics Championships at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow August 12, 2013. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (RUSSIA - Tags: SPORT ATHLETICS) - RTX12I3J. © Kai Pfaffenbach / Reuters
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Paul Kipsiele Koech of Kenya jumps a water obstacle in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase heat during the IAAF World Athletics Championships at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow August 12, 2013. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (RUSSIA - Tags: SPORT ATHLETICS) - RTX12I3J

Koech of Kenya jumps a water obstacle in the men’s 3000 metres steeplechase heat during the IAAF World Athletics Championships at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow

Paul Kipsiele Koech of Kenya jumps a water obstacle in the men’s 3000 metres steeplechase heat during the IAAF World Athletics Championships at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow August 12, 2013. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach (RUSSIA – Tags: SPORT ATHLETICS) – RTX12I3J

Paul Kipsiele Koech of Kenya jumps a water obstacle in the men’s 3000 metres steeplechase heat during the IAAF World Athletics Championships at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.

Kai Pfaffenbach is a Germany-born photojournalist, who began working for Reuters in 1996, before coming on fulltime in 2001. See more of his work on the Reuters blog and on his personal site.

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