Manangoi and Cheruiyot plan fast race in Monaco

World 1500m champion Elijah Manangoi and Silver medalist Timothy Cheruiyot after qualify for Commonwealth Games.[Dennis Okeyo, Standard media]

The Monaco Diamond League has been a meet of countless fast races, and tomorrow’s meet is set to take the same historic trend as Kenya’s Elijah Manangoi and his training mate Timothy Cheruiyot plot a fast and aggressive 1,500m race.

Despite making a sluggish start this season after losing his elder sister last month thus missing two weeks of crucial training in the process ahead of Monaco event, World and Commonwealth 1500m champion Manangoi is upbeat of posting a new personal best time and defend the title he won last year.