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Chespol only Kenyan through to women's steeplechase final

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Celliphine Chespol on her way to winning 3000mSC in the Kip Keino Classic-World Athletics Continental Tour 2021 at Kasarani stadium in Nairobi on September18, 2021. [Stafford Ondego, Standard] 

Celliphine Chespol is the only Kenyan to make it to the finals of the women's steeplechase final of the ongoing 2022 World Championships Oregon.

This is after her compatriots Purity Kirui and Jackline Chepkoech failed to make it past their respective semifinal heats.

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