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Kenya's Beatrice Chepkoech celebrates during in the women's 3000 meters steeplechase during the IAAF Diamond League "Memorial Van Damme" athletics meeting at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels on August 31, 2018 (Photo by JOHN THYS / AFP)
The 17th edition of the IAAF World Championships kicked off today in Doha, Qatar.
World record holder Beatrice Chepkoech and 2015 champion Hyvin Kiyeng will lead the Kenyan women athletes in Doha, aiming to match or rather eclipse the males’ dominance the women's’ competition was introduced just in 2005.
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