Olympic 1,500m champion Faith Chepngetich Kpipyegon, Winny Chebet and Edinah Jebitok sealed their places into the semi-finals of the women’s 1500m at the ongoing Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.
Chepng’etich won Heat three timing 4:01.40 as she focuses to defend her title she won at the 2016 Rio Games, beat Ethiopia’s Genzebe Dibaba (4:10.27) and USA’s Jennifer Simpson.
Africa champion Chebet was third in the first heat after timing 4:03.93.
Dutch distance runner Sifan Hassan kept also kept alive her hopes of an unprecedented Olympic treble after picking herself up following a fall to win heat 2
The 28-year-old 1500 and 10,000m world champion crashed to the ground when Kenya’s Edinah Jebitok tripped and fell in front of her as the bell went for the final lap
Jebitok, 19, said she was “devastated” after she trailed in 12th in her heat but she was subsequently reinstated and will be in Wednesday’s semi-finals.