Kenya's Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon celebrates after winning the gold medal in the women's 1500-meter final during the World Athletics Championships in London Monday, Aug. 7, 2017. (AP )Kenyans have a chance to catch a glimpse of athletics pin up girl Faith Chepngetich when she starts the chase to retain her 1,500m Olympic gold on Monday morning. Faith, as she is popularly known in athletics circles among her peers and journalists beat her main rival Ethiopia’s Genzebe Dibaba in Rio in 2016 to win Olympic gold. Obiri however promised Kenyans that it is a championship event and anybody is likely to win after reaching the final. Kenyans in action on Tuesday03:35am- 1,500m women heats- Faith Chepngetich, Winny Chebet, Ednah Jebitok2:05pm: 400m semi-final-(Depends if 800m runner Emmanuel Korir will run)3:15pm: 3,000m steeplechase men final- Abraham Kibiwott, Benjamin Kigen3:40pm; 5,000m women final- Hellen Obiri, Agnes Tirop, Hellen ObiriShare this story

Source: Standard Digital July 31, 2021 04:18 UTC