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Kenyans keep medal hunt at World Championships on course

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Kenya's Faith Kipyegon wins a heat in the women's 1,500m run at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon. Kipyegon qualified for today's semi-finals in Budapest. [File, Standard]

It's now or never. And adrenaline levels are running high as the 19th World Athletics Championships enter day two inside the National Athletics Centre in Budapest, Hungary.

But men's 10,000m charges must have a collective eye-roll in their bid to reclaim the title Kenya last won through Charles Kamathi in Edmonton, Canada, in 2001.

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