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Moraa storm to 800m semifinals in Budapest

World 800m bronze medalist Mary Moraa will be the only Kenyan to fly the Kenyan flag in the semifinals of the ongoing World Athletics championships in Budapest, Hungary.

The Commonwealth Games 800m champion won in heat 2 at 1:59.89 to qualify into the second round while her compatriots led by Vivian Chebet Kiprotich and Naomi Korir failed to qualify.

Chebet was 4th in heat 1 at 2:01.26 while Korir finished in 7th position in heat 3 by clocking 2:01.44 to miss the cut.

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