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How Kenyan stars will prepare for World Championships in Tokyo

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From left: Beatrice Chebet , Agnes Ngetich and Janeth Chepngetich celebrate winning 10, 000m race at Ulinzi Complex in Nairobi on July 22, 2025. [Stafford Ondego, Standard]

With a team for the 2025 World Championships already selected after a spectacular national trials staged at the Ulinzi Sports Complex in Nairobi on Tuesday, the country's top guns are now in the most crucial phase in the Road to Tokyo campaign.

At the end of the trials, the selection panel produced a tapestry of experience and ambition in a team set to do duty for Kenya from September 13-21 in the Japanese capital - a city that hosted the 2020 Olympic Games in 2021.

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