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Beatrice Chebet of Kenya celebrates after winning the 5000m Women during the city event of the Weltklasse IAAF Diamond League international athletics meeting at Sechselaeutenplatz in Zurich, Switzerland, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. (Michael Buholzer/Keystone via AP)

Kenya's Beatrice Chebet might have finished second behind Ethiopia's Gudaf Tsegay in the world 5000m final in Oregon, but she turned the tables in Zurich, winning a four-way sprint to take her first Diamond Trophy at the Diamond League meeting in Swiss city on Wednesday night.

Diamond trophy winners earn automatic slots to the 2023 World Athletics Championships set for Budapest, Hungary, on August 19-27 next year.

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