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Wanyonyi, Chebet shine at Xiamen Diamond League

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Kenya's Beatrice Chebet on her way to winning 3000m race at the Xiamen Diamond League. [World Athletics]

Youngster Emmanuel Wanyonyi on Saturday upset World Champion Marco Arop of Canada in a sweet revenge served hot at the Xiamen Diamond League in China.

Wanyonyi, 19, may have played second fiddle to Arop in the recently concluded Budapest World Championships (August 19 to 27) but the youngster defeated the reigning World Champion in a show of might at the Xiamen showdown.

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