Moraa and Korir sail through to the semi-finals of the women's 800m race

800M Winner Mary Moraa celebrate during Athletics Kenya Trials for World Championships and Commonwealth Games at The Moi International sports Center, Kasarani Stadium, June 25, 2022. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

Kenya’s hopes of winning a second gold medal at the ongoing World Athletics Championships in Oregon, USA received a huge boost on Friday after Mary Moraa and Naomi Korir sailed through to the semi-finals of the women’s 800m race.

Moraa who managed sub-two minutes including her personal best of 1.57.45 seconds set at the Kenyan trials on June 24 came in second place in Heat 6 to automatically qualify for the semi-finals after timing 2:00.42.