Kenyan quartet ease into men’s 1500m final

Asbel Kiprop and Elijah manang’oi cross teh finish line in teh first two positions as they progressed to the semi-final of the IAAF World Atheltics Championships London 2017. PHOTO/IAAF

NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 10- Defending champion Asbel Kiprop, world leader Elijah Manang’oi, his training partner Timothy Cheruiyot and commonwealth games silver medalist Ronald Kwemoi all eased into the semi-final of the 1500m at the IAAF London World Championships on Thursday night.

While Kiprop, Manang’oi and Cheruiyot all progressed with automatic qualification, Kwemoi who finished seventh in his heat had to endure the anxiety of waiting to see whether he was among the fastest six losers.

He was as lucky with his finish of 3:43.10 being the sixth fastest of those who finished off the top six, a close call with Argentina’s Fredrico Bruno coming seven micro-seconds shy.

Manang’oi won the first heat in 3:45.93, slower than Kwemoi’s time while Kiprop was second in 3:45.96. Cheruiyot had the second fastest qualification time of 3:38.41 coming in behind Australia’s Luke Mathews who won their heat in 3:38.19.

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