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Chepchirchir and Chepkoech to battle for 800m semifinal in Cali

Nelly Chepchirchir and Everlyne Chepkoech qualified to compete at the 800m semifinals set for Wednesday in the opening day of World Athletics Under-20 Championships in Cali, Colombia.

The national 800m champion, Chepchirchir won in heat one after commanding the race to cross the line timing 2:06.66 ahead of Veronica Sadek from Slovakia (2:07.10) and Veera Mattila from Finland was third in 2:07.36.

Chepkoech finished third in the second heat when she timed 2:07.69 behind Ethiopian Ksanet Alem (2:05.77) and Great Britain’s Abigael Ives coming second with a time of 2:07.35.

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