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Faith Kipyegon and Emmanuel Wanyonyi are among the star attractions at the Paris Diamond League on Sunday evening and here is how you can catch them in action.
Faith Kipyegon launches her 2024 Diamond League season in the 1500m in Paris on Sunday in what is a dress rehearsal before she returns to the French capital for the Olympics.
Paris holds good memories for Kipyegon as it where she broke the second of her three world records last year, having lowered the 5,000m mark in the City of Love.
She will be featuring in her specialty, the 1,500m this time, in what is her only event before she Paris Olympics.
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11:00 - 06.07.2024
Faith Kipyegon looking for more sweet memories at Paris Diamond League in Olympics rehearsal
Faith Kipyegon returns to Paris Diamond League where she set the second of her three world records in 2023 with hopes of more history ahead of the Olympics showdown.
Kipyegon is up against compatriot Susan Ejore, who will join her in Kenya’s 1,500m team at the Paris Olympics, British star and two-time Diamond League champion Laura Muir, Ethiopians Nigist Getachew and Hirut Meshesha, the African Games champion.
European champion Ciara Mageean from Northern Ireland and her compatriot Sarah Healy are among the other athletes set for the 1,500m race.
Few would be expecting Kipyegon to lower her own world record of 3:49.11 clocked in Florence, Italy in June 2023 given she is just returning, but another fast time cannot be ruled out following her dominant performance at the Olympics trials.
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20:46 - 06.07.2024
Gudaf Tsegay out to spoil Faith Kipyegon's party as she signs up for three races at Paris Olympics
Ethiopian Gudaf Tsegay will be seeking to emulate Sifan Hassan after signing up for three races at the Paris Olympics with two of them set to be against Kenya's Faith Kipyegon.
Who else is in Paris?
Emmanuel Wanyonyi also has fond memories of Paris, having won the 800m last year in a then PB of 1:43.27.
The teenager went on to take silver at last year’s World Championships, and since then, he has been undefeated, notching up wins in Xiamen, Eugene, Nairobi and Marrakech. In his most recent outing, he won at the Kenyan Olympic trials in 1:41.70, elevating him to third on the world all-time list.
Two-time Commonwealth champion Wyclife Kinyamal, who finished second at the Kenyan trials in a PB of 1:42.50, will also be in Paris, as will newly crowned European champion Gabriel Tual, 2022 world silver medallist Djamel Sedjati and world indoor silver medallist Andreas Kramer.
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08:34 - 05.07.2024
Wanyonyi, Arop to face off in historic pre-Olympic 800m clash
The two giants are gearing up for a monumental 800m showdown eyeing world record glory.
Meanwhile, world 3000m steeplechase champion Winfred Yavi takes on world record-holder Beatrice Chepkoech. Yavi has contested just one steeplechase race this year, clocking 9:21.62 in Eugene in May, but since then she has reduced her 5000m PB to 14:41.99.
Chepkoech has also displayed good form, clocking 8:55.40 in Xiamen and setting a 1500m PB of 3:59.73. Commonwealth champion Jackline Chepkoech, European champion Alice Finot and USA’s Gabrielle Jennings are also in the field.
Time & where to watch
The action will start at 4:35pm (East African time) with the women's high jump and the main two-hour broadcast window will begin at 6pm (East African time) with the men's 400m hurdles.
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19:23 - 01.07.2024
Winfred Yavi seeking a comeback in Paris after slow season start
Kenyan-born Bahraini Winfred Yavi will be looking to bounce back to winning ways at the Diamond League Meeting in Paris.
The Paris Diamond League meeting will be streamed in a number of territories on the Diamond League YouTube page from 6pm. However, the livestream will not be available in all territories.
Kenyans should not worry much though as the event will be broadcast live on SuperSport TV.
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