Olympic champion Kipyegon takes on Genzebe in Ostrava

Kenya's Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon (R) celebrates winning the final of the women's 1,500m athletics event as South Africa's Caster Semenya (L) falls after crossing the finish line at the 2017 IAAF World Championships at the London Stadium in London on August 7, 2017. Kenya's Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon won ahead of US athlete Jennifer Simpson and South Africa's Caster Semenya. [AFP PHOTO / ANTONIN THUILLIER]

After settling for another world record near-miss in the Brussels Diamond League on Friday, Kenya’s Olympic 1,500m champion Faith Kipyegon is set to resume her special rivalry with Ethiopian Genzebe Dibaba at the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting in Ostrava, tomorrow.

Having finished just 17 hundredths of a second shot at last month’s opening Diamond League meeting in Monaco, Kipyegon seemed on track to achieve her ambition with 200 metres remaining but faltered slightly over the final few meters to cross the line in 2:29.92.