{"id":460771,"date":"2011-07-14T08:18:14","date_gmt":"2011-07-14T08:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/14\/kenya-vivian-ditches-5000m-for-linet-duel\/"},"modified":"2011-07-14T08:18:14","modified_gmt":"2011-07-14T08:18:14","slug":"kenya-vivian-ditches-5000m-for-linet-duel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/14\/kenya-vivian-ditches-5000m-for-linet-duel\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya: Vivian Ditches 5,000m for Linet Duel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"68.527425204\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nation.co.ke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/nation180.jpg\" alt=\"The Nation (Nairobi)\" title=\"Visit The Nation (Nairobi)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chris Musumba<\/p>\n<p>13 July 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Nairobi \u2014 World 5,000m champion Vivian Cheruiyot will not be competing in her speciality during the national championship that start on Thursday at Nyayo National Stadium as athletes battle for the ticket to the World Championship due next month in Daegu, South Korea.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, the World Cross Country 8km senior women&#8217;s champion will bet on the 10,000m against World champion Linet Masai in what will be their third clash this season.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I will not be running in the 5,000m race. I will focus my energy on the 10,000m and I believe I am in good shape to make the Kenya team,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Cheruiyot, 27, is eyeing a rare 10,000m and 5,000m Worlds double, having won the 5,000m silver at Osaka 2007 and improved it to gold in Berlin two years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Her personal best time of 14 minutes 22.51 seconds set in Oslo in 2007 is also the national record and she qualified for the Worlds with a 31:07.02 run in Pontevedra, Spain, in April. She has Grace Momanyi and Monicah Wangari in the Kenya Police team.<\/p>\n<p>The rivalry between Masai and Kenya Defence Forces&#8217; Lineth Chepkurui and Innes Chenonge will however headline the event as the best three eye Daegu.<\/p>\n<p>Masai has competed sparingly this season as she focused on improving her sprint, her Achilles hell in major competitions.<\/p>\n<p>The Japan legion will be spearheaded by Sally Chepyego, teaming up with marathoner Philes Ongori who has already qualified in the 42km road race and will be test her speed.<\/p>\n<p>Others are the Administration Police duo of former Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon champion Pamela Lisoreng and Eunice Kales, second in the half marathon in Berlin in 2010, Defence&#8217;s Peninah Arusei and marathoner Sharon Cherop as well as Eastern&#8217;s Frashiah Nyambura.<\/p>\n<p>World 5,000m silver medallist Sylvia Kibet and Priscah Jepleting, the bronze winner in Osaka, will be the women to beat in the 5,000m.<\/p>\n<p>The Police also have Masai and Mercy Cherono in the the 12-lap race.<\/p>\n<p>Throw in two-time world marathon champion Catherine Ndereba, Alice Mogire and Jane Mwikali of Kenya Prisons and Western&#8217;s Janet Kisa, Magdalene Masai and Viola Chemutai and you will be spoilt for choice.<\/p>\n<p>In the steeplechase, World bronze medallist Milcah Chemos is yet to be beaten this season, having clinched wins in four Diamond League races in Doha, Eugene and Lausanne.<\/p>\n<p>Her local opposition includes former World Junior champion Christine Muyanga and Evalyne Syombua of Southern.<\/p>\n<p>South Rift will bank on Jepkemei Tanui, Purity Cherotich and Tabitha Chelangat with Police fielding Lydia Chepkurui, Lydia Rotich and Chemos.<\/p>\n<p>Mercy Njoroge (Defence) is the dark horse in steeplechase.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>View article:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201107140100.html\" title=\"Kenya: Vivian Ditches 5,000m for Linet Duel\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kenya: Vivian Ditches 5,000m for Linet Duel<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Chris Musumba 13 July 2011 Nairobi \u2014 World 5,000m champion Vivian Cheruiyot will not be competing in her speciality during the national championship that start on Thursday at Nyayo National Stadium as athletes battle for the ticket to the World Championship due next month in Daegu, South Korea. Instead, the World Cross Country 8km senior women&#8217;s champion will bet on the 10,000m against World champion Linet Masai in what will be their third clash this season<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-460771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kenya: Vivian Ditches 5,000m for Linet Duel - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/14\/kenya-vivian-ditches-5000m-for-linet-duel\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Kenya: Vivian Ditches 5,000m for Linet Duel - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Chris Musumba 13 July 2011 Nairobi \u2014 World 5,000m champion Vivian Cheruiyot will not be competing in her speciality during the national championship that start on Thursday at Nyayo National Stadium as athletes battle for the ticket to the World Championship due next month in Daegu, South Korea. 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