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Stockholm Diamond League: Will the red-hot Obiri deliver victory on return to 1500m?

Hellen Obiri (down) is consoled by Rosemary Wanjiru after finishing the 10,000KM women final during Day Two of the National Athletics Championships 2019 at Nyayo national stadium in Nairobi on August 21, 2019. Photo/Stafford Ondego/www.sportpicha.com

When she sprinted to the 1500m victory in the 2014 African Championships in Marrakech, Morocco, Hellen Obiri immediately graduated to 5000m

But tomorrow afternoon at the BAUHAUS-galan Stockholm Diamond League, the two-time world champion will be returning to 1500m in what is expected to be an electrifying race in a classy field comprising two compatriots.

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