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Focus shifts to 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Kenya's Beatrice Chepkoech celebrates after winning in the Women's 3000m Steeplechase final at the 2019 IAAF Athletics World Championships at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha on September 30, 2019. [Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP]

Kenyan athletes produced a mix of good and poor performances in track and field this season even as attention shifts to 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.

World 1,500m champion Timothy Cheruiyot was no doubt the toast of the season with a stellar showing. World 3,000m steeplechase champion Beatrice Chepkoech and Hellen Obiri also gave Kenyans a year to remember on the track.

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