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After two seasons of injury frustrations, the 2014 Commonwealth Games 5000m champion Mercy Cherono is in great shape and ready for her long-awaited return to competition.
The 29-year-old, who finished fourth at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games in the 5000m event behind her compatriots - gold medalist Vivian Cheruiyot, Hellen Obiri and Ethiopian Almaz Ayana - has been entered to compete in the women's 1,500m event at the next week's World Athletics Continental Tour Gold series in Nairobi.
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