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Olympics: 5,000m runner Kimeli sails through to final, believes 2021 could be his year to deliver

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By Bismarck Mutahi and Riobinson Okenye in Tokyo | Aug 03, 2021

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**Nicholas Kimeli celebrates crossing the finish line to win Heat 1 on men's 5000m, yesterday.** [Reuters]

5,000m runner Nicholas Kimeli might be Kenya’s long ranger in the final set for Friday, but he is breathing fire as he believes this could be his year to shine at the global stage.

Kimeli won his heat on Tuesday in 13:38.87 while his compatriot Daniel Simiu failed to recover from a fall with six laps remaining only managing to finish in 10th place in 13:41.64, which was not enough to take him to the final as one of the fastest five losers across the two heats.

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