- Kenya’s USA-based Susan Ejore will be up against Ethiopia’s Gudaf Tsegay and world number three-ranked Australian star Jessica Hull in a 13-women lineup in semifinal 2.
- The race kick starts at 8.30pm, with the first six in each heat qualifying for the finals.
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Double Olympic 1,500m women's champion Faith Kipyego will push on with her quest for a historic third gold medal when she lines up in the semi-finals in Paris.
The defending champion started her bid for an Olympic hat-trick on Tuesday, after finishing fourth in (4:00.74) behind winner Ethiopia’s Diribe Welteji (3:59.73), Britain’s Georgia Bell (4:00.290 and USA’s Nikki Hiltz (4:00.42).
The world record holder (3:49.04) will line up in semifinal 1 alongside compatriot Nelly Chepchirchir, Australia’s Griffin Georgia and Ethiopia's Haylom Birke in 12 strong women's.
Kenya’s USA-based Susan Ejore will be up against Ethiopia’s Gudaf Tsegay and world number three-ranked Australian star Jessica Hull in a 13-women lineup in semifinal 2.
The race kick starts at 8.30pm, with the first six in each heat qualifying for the finals.
Kipyegon, grabbed silver in a bad-tempered 5,000m finals race on Monday, after a mid-race altercation with Ethiopia’s Gudaf Tsegay as both narrowly miss crashing onto the track.
“I feel fresh and ready for the semis, I am Faith and I participate in a good way and I believe in myself. It was a good race a lot of pushing up and down but all in all, I will train well and focus on the 1,500m semis,” Said Kipyegon.
As team Kenya hopes the trio of Kipyegon, Ejore and Chepchirchir will clinch a clean sweep in the finals, they have to beat three of the five fastest 1,500m runners in history, including Ethiopian rival Tsegay and Australia’s Jessica Hull.
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Meanwhile, Julius Yego will be seeking to better his Rio De Janeiro 2016 silver medal by clinching his maiden Olympic Javelin gold.
The 2015 world champion will require a 90m+ throw to clinch the Paris Olympic title at the Stade de France, as he lines up against the world best in a monumental contest.
He finished second with an 85.79m throw on Tuesday morning in Group 'A', finishing behind German Julian Weber ( 87.76m) as Czech Republic’s Vadjech Jakub finished third in 85.63m.
Yego must beat Olympics and world champion Neejar Chopra, of India, Pakistani’s world silver medalist Arshad Nadeem and Grenada’s 2019 and 2022 world champion Anderson Peters.
“I knew that I would have a good throw in the semis, but I really needed patience to get the automatic qualifier and I am focused on speed and technique in Miramas training because I am not a power thrower. I hope for a huge throw on Thursday,” said Yego ahead of today’s finals.
The javelin legend won gold with a throw of 92.72m at the 2015 World Championships, becoming the first Kenyan to win a World gold medal in a field event.
Yego who's fondly known as "the YouTube man" will be in action at 9.325pm.
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Ahead of the massive events tonight, Team Kenya will also be cheering Koitatoi Kidali, who will line up in the men's 800m Repechage heat 2 race at 1:08pm.
The 21-year-old will be up against Moula Slimane of Algeria, Uganda's Dradriga Tom, and Australia's Bol Peter among others in a nine-man lineup.
The first in each of the four Repechage heats will qualify automatically.
The next two fastest will also advance to the Semi-Final