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AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> World 3000m steeplechase champion Beatrice Chepkoech\u00a0will aim to continue her record-breaking form when she heads to Torun for the Copernicus Stop today, the next World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meeting of 2021.<\/p>\n

Chepkoech has also had a busy few weeks. The 29-year-old Kenyan won the 3000m at the first\u00a0World Athletics\u00a0Indoor Tour Gold meeting of the year in Karlsruhe, then set an indoor PB of 8:34.21 for that distance to place third in Lievin before heading to Monaco later that week where she set a world 5km record of 14:43.<\/p>\n

Three days on from her exploits on the roads of Monaco, Chepkoech will return to the track in Torun where she\u2019ll be up against Genzebe Dibaba, the world indoor record-holder and three-time world indoor champion at the distance.<\/p>\n

Dibaba\u2019s last indoor 3000m race was at the 2018 World Indoor Championships, where she went on to complete the distance double by also taking gold in the 1500m<\/p>\n

The Ethiopian has raced sparingly in the past 12 months, but she\u2019ll be keen to maintain her indoor winning streak; not counting a disqualification in Dusseldorf in 2012, Dibaba\u2019s last loss in an indoor race came more than 11 years ago.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, world 5000m silver medallist Selemon Barega has been using the indoor season to work on his speed by contesting shorter distances. So far he has been rewarded with PBs of 7:26.10 for 3000m and 3:34.62 for 1500m.<\/p>\n

He lines up over 1500m in Torun against Kenya\u2019s world indoor 3000m bronze medallist Bethwell Birgen. The meeting record of 3:35.57 looks to be a realistic target for the field.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

AfricaPress-Kenya: World 3000m steeplechase champion Beatrice Chepkoech\u00a0will aim to continue her record-breaking form when she heads to Torun for the Copernicus Stop today, the next World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meeting of 2021. Chepkoech has also had a busy few weeks. 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