These are the official results of the Men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2003 IAAF World Championships in Paris, France.
There were a total number of 36 participating athletes, with three qualifying heats and the final held on Tuesday 2003-08-26 at 21:30h.
Along with Stephen's brother Abraham Cherono, they swept the 2002 Commonwealth Games Steeplechase for Kenya.
Changing his name from Stephen Cherono to Saif Saaeed Shaheen, he was reported to have received up to US$1 million to become a Qatari citizen,[1] although he denied this.
He did have a teammate in the race, a veteran former Sudanese athlete who had been running for Qatar for several years, Khamis Abdullah Saifeldin.
Sidestepping into the next lane he sprinted past them followed by Shaheen who was with the lead Kenyans waiting for his arrival.
With the pack disappearing behind them, Shaheen was cranking out laps at sub-world record pace.
With all the spurts and retreats, the lead pace had slowed while the peloton had steadily made up the lost ground.
With a slight gap, Kemboi looked to be sprinting to victory, but Shaheen surged again taking the lead thirty metres out.
Shaheen would repeat as champion in 2005, again over Kemboi, but would then disappear from the scene after suffering chronic knee and ankle injuries.