Cherono to stage comeback at Kip Keino Classic meet

Mercy Cherono of Kenya celebrates after winning the gold medal in the women's 5000m race at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, August 2, 2014. [REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett]

After two seasons of injury frustrations, the 2014 Commonwealth Games 5000m champion Mercy Cherono is in great shape and ready for her long-awaited return to competition.

The 29-year-old, who finished fourth at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games in the 5000m event behind her compatriots - gold medalist Vivian Cheruiyot, Hellen Obiri and Ethiopian Almaz Ayana - has been entered to compete in the women's 1,500m event at the next week's World Athletics Continental Tour Gold series in Nairobi.