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Cheruiyot leads Kenyans in qualifying for Olympics 1,500m semis
African Games 1,500m champion Brian Komen (second, left) competes in the first heat of men's 1,500 metres race on Friday at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
The 2019 world champion, Timothy Cheruiyot, led his fellow Kenyans Brian Komen and Reynold Cheruiyot in qualifying for the semi-finals of men’s 1,500 metres race at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on Friday.
African Games 1,500m champion Komen was the first Kenyan runner to qualify for the semi-finals after timing three minutes and 36.31 seconds to finish second in the first heat won by Briton Josh Kerr
in 3:35.83 as Norwegian Narve Gilje Nordas closed the top-three bracket after he clocked 3:36.41.
The top-three runners with the best times this year in the four-lap race are Norwegian Jakob Ingebritsen (3:26.73), Timothy Cheruiyot (3:26.71) and Komen (3:28.80).
The 2019 world champion, Timothy Cheruiyot competes in the second heat of men's 1,500 metres race on Friday at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. Cheruiyot led his fellow Kenyans Brian Komen and Reynold Cheruiyot in qualifying for the semi-finals of men’s 1,500 metres race at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on Friday.
