Faith Kipyegon, Beatrice Chebet, Lilian Kasait and Margaret Chelimo are set to face off at the finals of 5,000m at the ongpong world Athletics championships in Budapest, Hungary.
The quartet were impressive in their performance in their respective heats at the at the preliminary rounds to book for the final run.
Chebet won her heat in 14:57.70 ahead of Ethiopia’s Gudaf Taegay (14:57.72) and Kenya’s Margaret Chelimo (15:00.10).
In the second semi-final, Kipyegon clocked 14:32.31 to place second behind Netherlands’ Sifan Hassan (14:32.29).
Ethiopian duo of Ejgayehu Taye (14:33.23) and Freweyni Hailu (4:34.16) placed third and fourth respectively as Kasait (14:36.61) closed the top five positions.
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