Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A shekara ta 2002, ya lashe gasar Kenya a gasar zakarun duniya ta 2002 IAAF
tseren matasa. A Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya, da aka gudanar a Dublin, Kipchoge ya gama na biyar a tseren mutum kuma ya kasance wani ɓangare na ƙungiyar matasa ta Kenya da ta lashe zinare. Kipchoge ya kuma lashe tseren mita 5000 a gwajin Kenya don Gasar Wasanni ta Duniya ta 2002 a Wasanni, amma ya kamu da rashin lafiya kuma ya rasa gasar. A 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships ya lashe tseren matasa.