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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