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Kenya’s Hellen Obiri wins the athletics women's 5000m final during the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games at the Carrara Stadium on the Gold Coast on April 14, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / SAEED KHAN
World champions Hellen Obiri went to the Commonwealth Games as the red hot favourite to win gold in 5,000m and the script was not about to change.
The Kenya Defence Forces runner might not have been in the best form going into the race with the season having just began with cross country races, but she summoned her powers to lead a 1-2 finish for Kenya and ensured that there were no shocks in the final day of Track and Field action at the Carrara Stadium yesterday.
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