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Jepchirchir hunts down Assefa to deliver Kenya's second gold

Peres Jepchirchir. [Photo by AFP]

Kenya was a proud nation yesterday as the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, entered Day 2.

Just hours after Beatrice Chebet opened the medal account with gold on Saturday evening, former Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir continued the hunt, achieving a historic victory yesterday morning in her debut.

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