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How Kip Keino Classic meet has changed local track terrain

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Ferdinand Omanyala and Olympic and World Champion Shelly Ann Fraser-Pryce during Kipkeino Classic-World Continental tour gold in Nairobi. May 7, 2022. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

Three words –history, hope and confidence –clearly describe the third edition of Kip Keino Classic meet, the World Athletics Continental Tour, staged at Kasarani Stadium on Saturday.

Huge ambitions, upsets and redemption provided some exciting talking points at the showpiece that yielded seven world leading times and championship records.

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