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Faith lays down early marker ahead of Olympics

July 9, 2021 Kenya's Faith Kipyegon celebrates winning the women's 1500m REUTERS

It’s all about keeping the faith. And it now remains to be seen if Faith Chepng’etich will carry her tip top form to the Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.

Going into Friday’s 1500m at the EBS Herculis meeting in Monaco, world champion Sifan Hassan announced that she had asked for a pace of 61-second laps, which would add up to a second or so under the current world record of 3:50.07.

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