Kipyegon leads Chepchirchir into final, Kipsang and Cheruiyot through

Kenyan pair of Faith Kipyegon and Nelly Chepchirchir secured their second consecutive wins in respective heats as they stormed the 1500m final at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest.

Kipyegon is gunning for her third title at the world championships competed in the second heat and once again demonstrated her class, destroying a deep field to claim victory in 3:55.14.

Ethiopia's Diribe Welteji finished second in 3:55.18 with Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands coming home third in 3:55.18. 

In the first semi, youngster Chepchirchir took victory in 4:02.14 to also sail through to the final slated for. Another Kenyan Edinah Jebitok bowed out after finishing a distant 10th.

In the men's race, Abel Kipsang and Reynold Cheruiyot will fly the Kenyan flag after former world champion Timothy Cheruiyot failed to make it into the finals.

Kipsang finished second in the first semi final after timing 3:32.72 behind Yared Nuguse of USA (3:32.69).

On his part Cheruiyot, the world under-20 champion placed sixth in the second semi final to also qualify for the finals.

Olympic silver medalist Cheruiyot placed ninth.