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Sawt Falasteen - Gold medallists Kipyegon, Chebet line up 5,000m clash for world double

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Gold medallists Kipyegon, Chebet line up 5,000m clash for world double
Gold medallists Kipyegon, Chebet line up 5,000m clash for world double / Photo: Jewel SAMAD - AFP

Gold medallists Kipyegon, Chebet line up 5,000m clash for world double

SPORTS 18.09.2025

Faith Kipyegon and Beatrice Chebet, who have won world titles in the 1,500 and 10,000m in Tokyo this week, will face off in the 5,000m for the chance of a championships double.

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The Kenyan pair safely negotiated their 5,000m heats at the National Stadium, with the final scheduled for 1229 GMT on Saturday.

It will be Kipyegon and Chebet's first clash since last year's Paris Olympics.

Chebet, the double Olympic champion, became the first woman to cover 5,000m within 14 minutes with her world record of 13:58.06 at the Eugene Diamond League meet in July.

The 2022 silver medallist and a bronze medal winner a year after that, Chebet will be keen to complete her set of world championships medals when she takes on Kipyegon, her idol and the defending champion.

Kipyegon, 31, hasn't raced in the 5,000m since the Paris Olympics, where she took silver behind Chebet.

Chebet and Kipyegon will have reinforcement from team-mate Agnes Ngetich, third fastest of all time.

Ethiopia will be represented by Gudaf Tsegay, who won bronze in the 1,500m. She won the world 5,000m title in 2022 and the world 10,000m crown in 2023.

She will be keen to make further amends after coming away from the Paris Olympics without a medal.

W.Mansour--SF-PST

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