 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1997 Kipketer akanga ari pamusoro pebasa rake. Muna March akahwina ndarama pamakwikwi eWorld Indoor Championships mumakwikwi emamita 800muParis, kuFrance. Kutaura zvazviri, akatyora nguva yepasi rose yeimba yakavharwa munguva yekupisa kweinenge yechipiri, achirova WR 1:44.84 yaPaul Ereng ne1:43.96. Zvadaro mumakwikwi okupedzisira akatora imwezve sekondi kubva munhoroondo yenyika ne1:42.67 inopenya. Musi wa 7 Chikunguru akaenzana naSebastian Coe rekodhi yenyika 1:41.73 yemamita mazana masere pamusangano muStockholm, Sweden. Chinyorwa chaCoe chakanga chagara kwemakore gumi nematanhatu. Akaenderera mberi nekutyora rekodhi kaviri gore iro, kekutanga ari muZurich, Switzerland kuWeltklasse Zürich GP musi wa13 Nyamavhuvhu paakamhanya 1:41.24. Wake akanga ari mumwe wamarekodhi matatu enyika okuwira mumutambo wemaminiti 70 pamusangano uyu unoshamisa, mamwe maviri ari chinyorwa chemamita 5.000 kuna Haile Gebrselassie uye chinyorwa chemamita 3.000 chechikwata chetsoka kuna Wilson Boit Kipketer. Haana ukama neiyi yokupedzisira. Mazuva gumi nerimwe gare gare, musi wa24 Nyamavhuvhu, akavandudza rekodhi yenyika kusvika pa1: 41.11 pamusangano weGrand Prix muCologne, Germany. Musi waAugust 8, mu1997 World Championships in Athletics paOlympic Stadium, Athens, Greece, akatungamirira nhangemutange kubva pakutanga kusvika pakuguma, achipisa mamita 200 okutanga mumasekondi 23.47, uye akabudirira kudzivirira zita reWorld Championship raakanga akunda muna 1995. Akasarudzwa kuti ave Mutambi weGore weTrek Field neTrek Field News Magazine. 