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Kenyans eye victory in Doha Diamond League

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Kenya's Conseslus Kipruto celebrates after winning in the Men's 3000m Steeplechase final at the 2019 IAAF Athletics World Championships at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha on October 4, 2019. [Photo by ANDREJ ISAKOVIC / AFP]

World champions Timothy Cheruiyot and Conseslus Kipruto will no doubt want to raise the bar in 800m and 1,500m respectively at the Doha Diamond League meeting today.

The world and Olympic 3,000m steeplechase champion Kipruto, who missed the opening leg of Diamond League series in Monaco in August after testing positive for COVID-19, will return to action after shaking off the virus. 

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