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Agnes Tirop, Hellen Obiri, Lilian Kasait qualify for the women's 5,000m finals

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Hellen Obiri of Kenya in action during Heat 2 REUTERS

Kenyans will have three representatives in the women’s 5000 Olympics final on Monday, in Tokyo Japan.

Agnes Tirop Jebet, Lilian Kasait and Hellen Obiri all made it to the finals after finishing second and fifth respectively in Heat 1 with World champion Obiri finishing second in heat 2 in a time of 8:12.25.

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