Nairobi – Kenya’s Olympic marathon champion Peres Jepchirchir said on Monday she will miss the World Athletics Championships beginning this week.
The 28-year-old, a two-time half marathon world champion and one of the favourites for the title, told AFP she will not go to Eugene due to a hip injury.
“I wanted to go to Oregon. But I developed an injury of the hip while in training,” she said.
“The doctor told me I need to give it a rest.”
Jepchirchir was a late addition to a four-member women’s marathon team for the meeting, including the reigning world champion Ruth Chepngetich.
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The others are Judith Jeptum and Angela Tanui.
Last year’s New York Marathon champion, Jepchirchir won her Boston Marathon debut in April her fifth victory in a row since 2019 in 2hr 21min 01sec.
She secured back-to-back women’s Olympic marathon titles for Kenya in Tokyo last year, timing 2hr 27min 20sec.
The world championships start on July 15 in Oregon.
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Source: AFP
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