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Kenyans chase wild cards to 2023 World Championships

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By Jonathan Komen and World Athletics | Sep 02, 2022

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**Kenya's Emmanuel Korir celebrates after winning gold medal in men's 800m final, at the 2022 World Athletics Championships, in Eugene, USA, in July.** [AP]

It will be another moment of riveting action as Kenyans take to the track to contest for honours at the Memorial Van Damme, the first finale of the Wanda Diamond League in Brussels, Belgium, tonight.

The meet, named after Belgian athlete Ivo Van Damme who died tragically in 1976, will see Kenyan athletes head to King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels to improve their pecking order-right after the 18th World Athletics Championships that concluded in Oregon, USA, in July.

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