After the completion of the track season, athletes will descend in the Latvian city of Riga to close down the season proper, with the World Road Running Championship, with Team Kenya headlined by double world champion Faith Kipyegon.
Kenya has sent a team of 18 athletes who will compete in three events; the mile, 5km and half marathon.Kenya's charge will be led by last season's Diamond Trophy winner Beatrice Chebet, who will be seeking her second world title this season after winning the World Cross Country Championship in Australia earlier in the year.
Kipyegon has had a hugely successful season, winning two world titles in Budapest in the 1500m and 5,000m and setting three world records, though the 5,000m one was broken by Gudaf Tsegay in Eugene last month. He clocked a 1500m PB of 3:30.30, putting him fifth on the world U20 all-time list, and came close to matching that time when placing eighth in the World Championships final in 3:30.78.Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir is looking to successfully defend her title. Jepchirchir clinched the crown at the last Championship held in 2020 in Gdynia Poland.
She will be joined in the field by Irine Kimais, the Kenyan 10,000m champion who finished a fine fourth at the World Championships in Budapest. The 24-year-old is the quickest in the field via her PB of 1:04:37, which she ran to claim victory at the Barcelona Half Marathon in February. They boast a trio of sub-59-minute men in Benard Kibet, Charles Kipkurui Langat and Sabastian Sawe, while their next man, Daniel Simiu Ebenyo, is a 59:04 performer.
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