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Big shots set up London date

Wycliffe Kinyamal of Kenya reacts after winning in the men's 800m event event of the IAAF Diamond League Shanghai athletics competition, in Shanghai on May 12, 2018. / AFP PHOTO /

Commonwealth Games 800m champion Wycliffe Kinyamal and world 5,000m champion Hellen Obiri will lead the Kenyan onslaught in London Anniversary Games, the 11th IAAF Diamond League meeting, inside Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park today and tomorrow.

World indoor 3,000m bronze medalist Bethwel Birgen, 2015 world under-18 3,000m champion Richard Yator and Cyrus Ruto will line up against against world 5,000m champion Muktar Edris and two-time world indoor 3,000m champion Yomif Kejelcha in men’s 5,000m today.

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