Chebet, Jebitok advance to 1500m finals at Commonwealth Games
PA via Reuters Great Britain’s Melissa Courtney-Bryant and Kenya’s Edinah Jebitok collide during the Women’s 1500m heats on day one of the World Athletics Championships at Hayward Field, University of Oregon in the United States. (PHOTO/Reuters)
Africa 1500m champion Winnie Chebet and Olympian Edinah
Jebitok are through to women's 1,500m final at the ongoing Commonwealth Games
in Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Both athletes finished third in their respective heats to
qualify for Sunday's final.
Jebitok clocked 4:13.84 in Heat 1 to finish behind winner Ciara
Mageean of Northern Ireland (4:13.52) and Australia’s Abbey Caldwell who was
second in 4:13.59.
Chebet, who had a disastrous campaign at last month’s World Athletics
Championships, clocked 4:16.11 for third place in Heat 2 behind Uganda’s 2019
world champion Winnie Nanyondo (4:16.04) and Briton Katie Snowden (4:16.09).
Home girl Laura Muir, who took in Oregon last month, finished
fifth on 4:14.11 behind Australian Linden Hall (4:14.08).
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