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Cheruiyot and Kimaiyo storm into 1,500m final in Cali

Raymond Cheruiyot and Daniel Kimaiyo qualified to compete at the 1,500m finals during the opening day of World Under 20 Athletics championships in Cali, Colombia today.

Cheruiyot won the second heat in 3:40.96 beating Vivien Henz (3:45.04) and Canadian Max Davies was third in 3:45.55

Kimaiyo won the first heat in 3:42.49 ahead of Ethiopia’s Adihana Kasaye (3:43.06) and Poland’s Filip Rak finished third in 3:44.84.

The duo is expected to defend the title on Friday that was won by Vincent Keter at the 2021 championships in Nairobi.

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