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Kenyans have Faith in Chepngetich to strike gold in Tokyo

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Kenya's Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon celebrates after winning the gold medal in the women's 1500-meter final during the World Athletics Championships in London Monday, Aug. 7, 2017. (AP )

Kenyans have a chance to catch a glimpse of athletics pin up girl Faith Chepngetich when she starts the chase to retain her 1,500m Olympic gold on Monday morning.

Faith, as she is popularly known in athletics circles among her peers and journalists beat her main rival Ethiopia’s Genzebe Dibaba in Rio in 2016 to win Olympic gold.

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