[AFP PHOTO / Ben STANSALL]Kenya’s global champions led by Timothy Cheruiyot, Hellen Obiri, Faith Kipyegon, Beatrice Chepkoech and Ferguson Rotich, will headline the Monaco Diamond League meeting set for tomorrow. World 1,500m champion Cheruiyot, who boasts a time of 3:28.41 over the distance, will be up against a familiar lineup that includes Jakob Ingebrightsen, who won a promotional virtual race dubbed the ‘Impossible Games’ in June. Germany’s world 5,000m bronze medallist Konstanze Klosterhalfen and Ethiopia’s Letesenbet Gidey will also take part. The event race will also include Britain’s Laura Muir, and the Ugandan duo of world 800m champion Halimah Nakaayi and Winnie Nyanyondo. Rotich, the 2017 Diamond League 800m trophy winner and world bronze medallist, will take on world champion Brazier Donavan of the US, as well as Bosnia’s Amel Tuka in the 800m event.

Source: Standard Digital August 13, 2020 06:01 UTC