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Cheruiyot longs to wear second crown at Worlds

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Silver medalist Timothy Cheruiyot, of Kenya, poses on the podium during he medal ceremony for the men's 1,500-meters at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 7, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP

It will be a dogfight when arch rivals square it out in men’s 1,500m heats at the 18th World Athletics Championships start in Eugene, Oregon in USA at 4:30am tomorrow.

And the clash between Ethiopia’s two-time world indoor champion Samuel Tefera, Olympic bronze medallist Josh Kerr of UK, Norway’s Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen against the Kenyan squad will no doubt send adrenaline levels high if they all make the finals.

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