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ATHLETICS: Cheruiyot sets meet record in IAAF Diamond League

Kenya's Timothy Cheruiyot runs to victory in the men's 1500 metres during the IAAF Diamond League athletics 'Herculis' meeting at The Stade Louis II Stadium in Monaco on July 20, 2018. [AFP]

World 1,500m silver medalist Timothy Cheruiyot set a world-leading time at Athletissima meeting, the eighth stop of IAAF Diamond League series in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Friday night.

Cheruiyot, who eyes a third consecutive Diamond League Trophy posted an impressive 3:28.77 mark ahead of Jakob Ingebrigtsen of Norway who clocked 3:30.82.

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