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Virtual athletics: Cheruiyot to take on Norwegian brothers on June 11

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Timothy Cheriuyot wins 1,500m finals during the Kenya Prisons Athletics Chanmpionship at Nyayo stadium on June 20, 2015.PHOTO/DENNIS OKEYO

Kenya’s 1,500m world champion Timothy Cheriuyot will square it out with Norway’s Ingebrigtsen brothers in a 2,000m virtual race to be staged simultaneously in Nairobi and Oslo on June 11.

The event dubbed Team Cheruiyot versus Team Ingebrigtsen will see each team have five runners.

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