Kenyan ladies advance to 5000m final
Gudaf Tsegay of Team Ethiopia competes in the Women's 5000m event on day six of the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 at Hayward Field on July 20, 2022 in Eugene, Oregon.
What you need to know:
- Ethiopian Gudaf Tsefay, who won silver in the 1500m, won the heat in 14:52.64 ahead of compatriot Dawit Seyaum 14:53.06.
Kenyan trio of Beatrice Chebet, Margaret Chelimo and Gloria Kite Thursday morning sailed into the women's 5000m final at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon.
African champion Chebet and Chelimo finished third and fourth respectively in the first heat to seal their places in the final set for Saturday.
Ethiopia's Gudaf Tsegay crosses the finish line to win a heat of the women's 5000m during the World Athletics Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon on July 20, 2022.
Caster Semenya of Team South Africa competes in the Women's 5000m event on day six of the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 at Hayward Field on July 20, 2022 in Eugene, Oregon.
Both Kenyans ran season's best times with Chebet timing 14:53.34 and Chelimo, who won silver at the 2019 Doha Worlds clocking 14:53.45.
Ethiopia's Gudaf Tsegay competes in the women's 5000m heats during the World Athletics Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon on July 20, 2022.
Ethiopian Gudaf Tsefay, who won silver in the 1500m, won the heat in 14:52.64 ahead of compatriot Dawit Seyaum 14:53.06.
Gloria Kite was sixth in the second heat to advance as non-automatic qualifier after timing a season's best of 14:53.62.
Ethiopia's Letesenbet Gidey (left), Kazakhstan's Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui (second left) and Norway's Karoline Bjerkeli Grovdal (right) compete in the women's 5000m heats during the World Athletics Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon on July 20, 2022.
The 10,000m gold medallist Letesenbet Gidey won the heat in 14:52.27 ahead of Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui and defending champion Sifan Hassan (14:52.89).
Chebet will be seeking to add another gold medal in her cabinet after winning the 2018 World Under-20 Championships in Tampere, Finland, before winning gold in the junior section 2019 World Cross Country Championships in Denmark.
Caster Semenya's first appearance in a world championships in five years on Wednesday saw the controversy-mired South African fail to qualify for the women's 5000m finals.
In roasting mid-afternoon temperatures, Semenya finished 13th in the first of two rounds at Hayward Field, Eugene, in 15:46.12, more than 45sec off the 15th and final qualifying place.
