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Champion Kiprop targets Beijing conquest in 1,500m

Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku and Asbel Kiprop competes in 1500m x4 during the world relays trials at Kasarani Stadium on 05-03-2014.PHOTO/DENNIS OKEYO

World 1,500m champion Asbel Kiprop is keen to defend his title in Beijing, China, next year during the 15th IAAF World Athletics Championships.

Kiprop will be returning to the Chinese capital hoping to kill two birds with one stone – prove his 2008 Olympic gold, awarded after Algeria's Rashid Ramzi tested positive to dope, was no fluke and become Kenya's third-time world 1,500m champion.

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