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Namibia: A Tokyo full house revels in Chebet and sprinters at world athletics champs – Sport

Namibia: A Tokyo full house revels in Chebet and sprinters at world athletics champs – Sport

Africa Links 24 with AFP
Published on 2025-09-13 16:36:40

Beatrice Chebet won the 10 000 metres world title while the cream of sprinting delighted a sellout 55 000 crowd at the world championships on Saturday — a stark contrast to the empty stadium at the Covid-affected Tokyo Games in 2021.

Chebet, 25, added the world title to her Olympic crown in Paris last year where the Kenyan also won the 5 000m.

“I wanted that gold medal so much,” she said. “I have never won a gold at the world championships so I was sure I had to get…

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