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Jemutai and Muthoni plot for clean sweep at world U20 event

Athletics

By Ochieng Oyugi | Aug 10, 2021

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**Teresiah Muthoni celebrates winning the 3000m women final during the Athletics Kenya Trials World U20 Championship at Moi Intetnational Sports Centre Kasarani in Nairobi, Kenya on July 03, 2021.** [Stafford Ondego, Standard]

Africa U-18 champion Zena Jemutai Yego and Japan-based Teresia Muthoni are ready to deliver top two finished for Kenya in women’s 3000m at the World Athletics Under-20 Championships set for August 17-22 at Kasarani Stadium.

During the 2019 African U18 and U20 Athletics Championships, held in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Zena clocked nine minutes, 13.23 seconds ahead of compatriot Deborah Chemutai 9:13.42 to claim a 1,2 finish as Ethiopian Berheteha Amare finished third in 9:14.72.

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