Kenya: Obiri Leads Chase as Kenya Seeks 5000m Title

10 August 2017

Nairobi — On a track she disappointingly came in 12th during the Olympic Games in 2012, Hellen Obiri will be up to make amends when she lines up for the heats of the 5000m at the London IAAF World Championships on Thursday night.

Obiri, the world leader over the 12-and-a-half lap race this season is gunning for her first World title with the best of her previous attempts ending up in a bronze in Moscow in 2013.

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