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QUEST FOR GOLD HARVEST: Vivian, Asbel set for jewels in 5,000m and 1,500m Rio Olympics races

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Asbel Kiprop (KEN) of Kenya competes. REUTERS/Sergio Moraes FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS.

World champions Vivian Cheruiyot and Asbel Kiprop safely negotiated their passage into the next round of their respective races yesterday at the Olympic Stadium.

Olympic silver medallist 10,000m Cheruiyot, who is the only Kenyan doing a double at the Rio Olympics, made sure of a final place in the 5,000m where she was joined by her colleagues Hellen Obiri and Mercy Cherono.

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