Kenyan athletes will be chasing various titles as Diamond League series comes to an end on Thursday at the Zurich meeting in Belgium on Thursday after kicking off today.
After winning 1,500m silver at the Olympic Games, world champion Timothy Cheruiyot will renew his rivalry with Olympic 1,500m champion Jakob Ingebrigtset.
Others in the 1,500m race will be Spaniard Mohamed Katir, Australia’s Stewart Mcsweyn, and Abel Kipsang, Charles Simotwo (93:30.30), Australia’s Oliver Hoare (3:33.19) Spain’s Ignacio Fontes (3:33.27) Ronald Kwemoi fromKenya (3:33.53) and Matthew Ramsden (3:34.08) from Australia.
two time Olympic 1,500m champion Faith Kipyegon Chepngetich will be battling Olympic champion Sifan Hassan in the same race.
In 3,000m steeplechase, Olympic Games 3,000m steeplechase bronze medalist Benjamin Kigen will be lining up alongside Tokyo Olympic champion Soufiane EL Bakkali, World silver medallist Lamecha Girma, Commonwealth Games 3,000m steeplechase silver medalist Abraham Kibiwot, Ethiopian Tadese Takele and Getnet Wale.
Others include Leonard Kipkemoi Bett, Mohamed Tindouft from Morocco, Ahmed Abdelwahed (8:12.04) from Italy, United States Hillary Bor (8:14.69) and Kenya’s Wilberforce Chemiat Kones (8:21.42).
In women’s water and barriers, former Africa 3,000m steeplechase champion Norah Jeruto will battle for the titles against Ugandan Peruth Chemutai, the Tokyo Olympic Games 3,000m steeplechase champion, Tokyo silver medalist Courtney Frerichs, former World 3,000m steeplechase champion Hyvin Kiyeng Kenyan born-Bahrain runner Winfred Mutile Yavi, The World U20 Champion Celliphine Chepteek Chespol, 2014 Commonwealth Games and the 2010 World Junior Champion Purity Kirui and Fancy Cherono, 2019 African Games gold medallist Mekides Abebe, World bronze 3000m steeplechase Champion Gesa Felicitas Krause.
Olympics champion Emmanuel Korir will face Olympics silver medalist Ferguson Rotich and Wycliffe Kinyamal will battle in 800m.