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Kenya’s Olympic 1500m champion Faith Chepngetich had to settle for another near miss as she attempted to beat the world 1000m record of 2:28.98 set on this track in 1996 by Russia’s double Olympic champion Svetlana Masterkova.
Having finished just 17 hundredths of a second short at last month’s opening Diamond League meeting in Monaco, Chepngetich seemed on track to achieve her ambition with 200m remaining at the Brussels Diamond League meeting on Friday, but faltered slightly over the final few metres to cross the line in 2:29.92.
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