Olympic 1,500m gold medalist Faith Kipyegon Chepngetich has set another battle with world 1,500m champion Sifan Hassan at the 1,500m final in the ongoing Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.
Kipyegon won the first semifinal with ease after she timed 3:56.80 ahead of Ethiopia’s Freweyni Gebreezibeher (3:57.54), Canada’s Gabriella Debues-Stafford (3:58.28) wound second and third nrespectively.
But it was a bad day for Africa 1,500m champion Winnie Chebet, who fell and finished last in 4:11.62, hoping to be reistated by organisers while Edinah Jebitok finiahsed last in semifinal two timing 4:05.56 in a race won by Hassan who clocked 4:00.23 with Britain’s Laura Muir ( 4:00.73), Australia’s Linden Hall (4:01.37), Uganda’s Winnie Nanyondo ( 4:01.64) and Spain’s Marta Perez (4:01.69) all sealing their places in Friday’s final.