Olympic 1,500m champion Faith Kipyegon faces inform Hassan Sifan of Netherlands in what will be hotly contest race during the Monaco Diamond League on Friday. Hassan clocked a world-leading time of 3:53.53 with Kipyegon coming home second in 3:53.91. Hassan has announced she will double in both 5000m and 10,000m at the Tokyo Olympic Games. Kipyegon will have Africa 1,50 m champion Winny Chebet for company with Winnie Nanyondo of Uganda another threat to watch out. Purity Kirui and Fancy Cherono will be in the race alongside former world champion Emma Coburn of the United States, in-form German Gesa Krause and Bahrain’s Winifred Yavi.

Source: The Star July 09, 2021 01:52 UTC