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Junior Cross Sandra Felis Chebet leads Irene Cheptai in training in Kigari, Embu County on Thursday. [PHOTO:DENNIS OKEYO/STANDARD]
Kenyan junior athletes are drawing inspiration from elite superstars as they prepare for the 42nd IAAF World Cross Country meet at the Kololo Independence grounds in Kampala, Uganda next Sunday.
The Kenyan charges are keen to reclaim the junior women’s title they lost to Ethiopia in Guiyang, China, in 2015. Olympic 1,500m champion Faith Chepngetich, three-time world 1,500m champion Asbel Kiprop, world 10km and 15km record holder Leonard Komon as well as World Cross Country champions Geoffrey Kamworor and Agnes Tirop are in the squad.
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