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Purity Chepkirui on way to winning the 1500m women final during the Athletics Kenya Trials World U20 Championship at Moi Intetnational Sports Centre Kasarani in Nairobi, Kenya on July 03, 2021. [Stafford Ondego, Standard]

Purity Chepkirui and Winny Jemutai Boinet believe they have what it takes to ensure the medal remains at home in the forthcoming World Athletics U20 Championships slated for Nairobi next week.

Chepkirui,18, who hails from Nakuru County is happy to have secured a ticket to the event after missing last year’s Africa Cross Country Championships in Togo which was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

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