Gervais Hakizimana, one of Rwanda’s top athletes boosted his dream of becoming a top Steeple Chase athlete after a sensational run in France on Thursday.  

The Belgian based athlete raced home in 9 minutes and 15 seconds, 23 seconds ahead of his closest challenger Dahmaj Belaid from Morocco.

In an e-mail to Times Sport, Hakizimana said that winning this race had given him great hope of challenging for ‘Jeux de la Francophone’ scheduled for November in Lebanon.

"This win is a great motivation for me ahead of more lucrative races like ‘Jeux de la Francophone’ and the 2012 London Olympic Games,” his email read in part.

Steeple Chase is a lengthy race of 3000m, with four ordinary barriers and one water Jump.

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