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Third time lucky? World Champion confident of Olympic glory

On her third attempt, veteran World 5,000m champion Hellen Obiri is confident she will finally weather the storm and clinch the elusive Olympic gold medal in Tokyo in July.

The 31-year-old will launch her belated season on the global front in two weeks’ time in Qatar during the Doha Diamond League and she relishes the challenge, which she hopes will help her brush off the rust and gauge her fitness ahead of the big battle that is the Olympic Games.

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