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Kenya's Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon wins the qualifying round of the women's 1500m athletics event at the 2017 IAAF World Championships at the London Stadium in London.
Kenya’s Winny Chebet also qualified after finishing third in the first heat in 4:03.19. Ethiopia's defending champion Genzebe Dibaba showed the way by winning the first heat in a sharp four minutes 2.67 seconds but jogging in just behind her was Caster Semenya, the South African Olympic 800m champion who is attempting the middle- distance double in London.
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