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Obiri banks on her form to clinch 1,500m gold at Olympic Games

World Indoor championship 3,000m champion Helen Obiri has exuded confidence she will prevail over the 1,500m distance at the London Olympic games.

Obiri, who came to the limelight when she won her gold in Istanbul early this year, is busy preparing for the games knowing that the onus rests on her to fill the huge boots left by her mentor and army comrade Nancy Jebet Lagat.

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