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Athletics - IAAF Diamond League Final - King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium - August 31, 2018, Kenya's Beatrice Chepkoech and Fancy Cherono in action during the women's 3000m steeplechase. [Reuters]
Kenyan stars are set to miss out on Diamond League major earnings as the organisers have trimmed the 2020 season events in part of its major plan to revamp the competition and fit a new 90-minute broadcast window.
Eight disciplines, four men and four women, namely; the 3,000m steeplechase, discus throw, triple jump and 200m have been axed as core events for the 2020 IAAF Diamond League.
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