Kenyan middle-distance superstar Faith Kipyegon will chase two golds at next month's Paris Olympics after she added qualification for her 1500m speciality at trials in Nairobi on Saturday. Only Kipyegon and Russia's Tatiana Kazankina have successfully defended a women's Olympic 1500m title.Â
Kenya's two-time Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon returned to form on Friday with a win in the women's 5,000m at trials in Nairobi for the Paris Games, brushing off injuries that had sidelined her for months.The two-time Olympic 1500m champion, who is aiming for an unprecedented hat-trick in Paris, stayed tucked inside the track before making her move with four laps remaining to win in a relatively slow time of 14min 46.28sec.
Running expert Neil Featherby hopes a Norfolk road running records list can be compiled to mark the achievements of so many runners through the years.