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Tirop beats Obiri in chase for Doha tickets

Agnes Tirop beats Hellen Obiri to wins 10000m finals during the National Championships at Nyayo Stadium on august 20. [Dennis Okeyo]

World 10,000m bronze medalist Agnes Tirop stunned a classy line-up to pick her ticket to IAAF World Athletics Championships that’s set for state-of-the-art Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, on September 28 to October 6.

It was a spectacular sight to behold at Nyayo Stadium yesterday as Tirop, world 5,00m champion Hellen Obiri, newcomer Rosemary Wanjiru of Kenya Prisons, former world cross country champion Irene Kimais and Brilliant Jepkorir engaged in a clinical battle.

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