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Nelly CHEPCHIRCHIR - Kenya - 5th 1500m at 2023 World Championships

Photo/Foto: George Herringshaw

Date: 20 August 2023

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    • DATE OF BIRTH
      Wednesday, 04 June 2003
    • PLACE OF BIRTH
      Kenya.
  • INTERNATIONAL
  • Kenya
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Nelly CHEPCHIRCHIR - Kenya - 5th 1500m at 2023 World Championships

The main image above is of Nelly Chepchirchir winning her

1500m semi-final in Budapest (4:02.14) having also win her heat

(4:00.87). In the final (inset) she recorded a new personal best.


2023 World Athletics Championships, Budapest.

Final women's 1500 metres.

 

1st place, gold medalist(s) Faith Kipyegon  Kenya (KEN) 3:54.87
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Diribe Welteji  Ethiopia (ETH) 3:55.69
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sifan Hassan  Netherlands (NED) 3:56.00
4 Ciara Mageean  Ireland (IRL) 3:56.61 NR
5th 
Nelly Chepchirchir 
 Kenya (KEN) 3:57.90 PB
6 Laura Muir  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 
3:58.58
7 Jessica Hull  Australia (AUS) 3:59.54
8 Katie Snowden  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 3:59.65

A week later she improved her P.B. to 3:56.72 in Xiamen, China.