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World records under threat in Brussels

Kenya's Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon celebrates with the Kenyan flag after winning the final of the women's 1,500m athletics event at the 2017 IAAF World Championships at the London Stadium in London on August 7, 2017.  [AFP PHOTO / Ben STANSALL]

It will be another moment of riveting action as two Kenyans and three other stars attempt world records at tonight's Wanda Diamond League exhibition meeting in Brussels.

The meet, named after Belgian athlete Ivo Van Damme who died tragically in 1976, will see athletes head to an empty King Baudouin Stadium that brims with ambition as the 44th edition of the AG Memorial Van Damme will see three world records being targeted.

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