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Selah Jepleting (169) leading 5000m women finalAthletics Kenya Trials for World Championships and Commonwealth Games at The Moi International sports Center, Kasarani Stadium, June 25, 2022. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

From north pole to south pole, global athletics enthusiasts waited with bated breath as Athletics Kenya (AK) fashioned teams for Commonwealth Games and the World Athletics Championships.

Determination and redemption were quite visible inside Kenya’s biggest sporting cathedral, Kasarani Stadium, during the two-day contest as stars battled for the limited slots.

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