World record-breaking athletes head straight to Prefontaine Classic
PHOTO | AFP Kenya's Asbel Kiprop celebrates after winning the men's 1,500 metres final at the 2013 IAAF World Championships at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow on August 18, 2013. Kiprop and his 4x1,500m World record breaking team of Commonwealth Games 1,500m champion Silas Kiplagat, Collins Cheboi and James Magut will do battle in the Bowerman Mile race Saturday’s Prefontaine Classic Diamond League in Oregon.
What you need to know:
- Kenya finished third overall behind USA and Jamaica at the World Relay Championships in Nassau, Bahamas. The team was scheduled to return last night.
- World 1,500m champion Asbel Kiprop and his 4x1, 500m World record breaking team of Commonwealth Games 1,500m champion Silas Kiplagat, Collins Cheboi and James Magut will do battle in the Bowerman Mile race.
Kenya’s World record-breaking athletes in men and women’s 4x1,500 metres have flown from Bahamas straight to USA for Saturday’s Prefontaine Classic Diamond League in Oregon.
Kenya finished third overall behind USA and Jamaica at the World Relay Championships in Nassau, Bahamas. The team was scheduled to return last night.
CHERONO FOR TWO-MILE RACE
World 5,000m silver medallist Mercy Cherono, who was in the team that set a new World record of 16:33.58 in 4x1,500m in Bahamas, is in Oregon to compete in the two-mile race.
Her teammates, World 1,500m bronze medallist Hellen Obiri and World Junior 1,500m champion Faith Chepng’etich will compete in the 1,500m in Oregon.
Obiri and Chepng’etich will be joined in the metric-mile race by World 800m champion Eunice Sum who was in 4x800m team that won silver in Bahamas.
In Bahamas, Cherono opened with a leg of 4:07.4, leading at the handover, followed by Chepng’etich (4:08.5), Irene Jelagat (4:10.8) and Obiri brought Kenya home with 4:06.9 to better their own record in 16:33.58. Jelagat is the only one from the quartet who was expected home last night.
World 1,500m champion Asbel Kiprop and his 4x1,500m World record breaking team of Commonwealth Games 1,500m champion Silas Kiplagat, Collins Cheboi and James Magut will do battle in the Bowerman Mile race.
Olympic 800m champion and World record holder David Rudisha will return in Oregon after a leg injury.
