Uganda’s Peruth Chemutai won heat one of the 3000m Steeplechase heats with lots of ease on Sunday morning.
Chemutai ran the fastest time (9:10:57) in the three different heats to confirm her slot in the final race.
Chemutai was in the lead for the biggest time of the race, and this made her climax easy ahead of a talented pack of quality athletes.
Heat two was won by Bahrain’s Winfred Yavi with a timing of 9:15:11 while Sembo Almayew Welteji posted 9:15:42.
Kenya’s Beatrice Chepkoech won the third heat with a timing of 9:13:56 ahead of France’s Alice Finot (9:14:78).
Chemutai will use the coming days to recover her body ahead of the highly anticipated final that will be held on Tuesday, 6th August at 10:14 PM.
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