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2018 IAAF World Indoor Tour: Chebet, Birgen among top guns tonight

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800m runner Winnie Chebet wins a past championship at Kasarani Stadium.[PHOTO:DENNIS OKEYO/STANDARD]

Winny Chebet and Bethwel Birgen headline Kenya’s squad at the Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe, the opening stop of the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Tour tonight.

Birgen, a 7:32.48 runner outdoors; perennial 1500m standout Silas Kiplagat; and Edwin Soi, the Olympic 5000m bronze medallist in 2008, who's looking to return close to the form that propelled him to world indoor bronze over this distance six years ago.

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