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Kenya's Chepng'etich to skip Shanghai Diamond League meet

Xinhua, April 14, 2015 Adjust font size:

Commonwealth Games 1,500m champion Faith Chepng'etich of Kenya will skip the Shanghai leg of the Diamond League meeting in China on May 17.

"I will not be running in Shanghai. It is because I am not ready. I have just started running again, after pulling out of the Kenya team to World Cross Country Championships in Guiyang China in March because of an ankle injury," Chepng'etich said from Eldoret on Tuesday.

"The injury is now healed after seeing specialist in Amsterdam. But I will not be ready for Shanghai. I am planning to launch my track season in Eugene, Oregon on May 29 in the USA," she said.

Chepng'etich is planning to compete in the 1,500m race at the World Championships in Beijing in August. She was in Moscow worlds in 2013 but finished a distant fourth.

Also missing out will be world junior 3,000m champion Mercy Chebwogen, who is yet to recover from a joints injury that she picked up in training in Nakuru, Kenya.

Chebwogen is also returning from injury and will take time to shake off her rust. But she is expectant to pitch for the World Championships in Beijing in August.

"I want to be cautious after a string of injuries. The target is to be ready for the Beijing worlds. But the Diamond League in Doha (May 10) and Shanghai are too soon. Probably I will run two races in June before returning home for the trials to Beijing," said Chebwogen.

In the absence of the duo, Shanghai meeting organizers have assembled a strong team in the 5,000m race that will be led by world cross country women's champion Agnes Tirop. Endi