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Kipyegon is fresh from winning the Meeting in Florence and she will be hoping to maintain the same momentum when she lines up for the 5000m.
Newly-crowned world 1500m record holder Faith Kipyegon and Africa’s fastest man Ferdinand Omanyala will be in action at the Diamond League Meeting in Paris tonight, Friday, June 9 at the Charléty Stadium.
Kipyegon is fresh from winning the Meeting in Florence and she will be hoping to maintain the same momentum when she lines up for the 5000m. She has not lost any race since the season started but the 5000m will prove challenging since she has not raced in the 25-lap race since 2015.
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21:00 - 08.06.2023
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Omanyala will be looking for his first win since starting the Diamond League Meetings. He finished third at the Meeting in Rabat, Morocco and finished second in Florence, Italy.
The action will start at 8:00 pm East African Time with the women's shot put and the main programme will kick off at 9:12 pm with the men's 110m hurdles.
The meeting will be streamed in a number of territories on the Wanda Diamond League YouTube page from 9:00 pm. The livestream will NOT be available in all territories.
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Omanyala returned to the Diamond League Meetings this year since 2021 where he competed at the Meeting in Brussels and finished fourth.
The event will also be broadcast live on SuperSport Variety 4, channel 209 on DSTV in a number of African English-speaking countries including Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, and South Africa.
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