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Moraa Runs Fastest 800m Time on Kenyan Soil

Moraa Runs Fastest 800m Time on Kenyan Soil

World 800m champion Mary Moraa run the fastest 800m time on Kenyan soil at the Kip Keino Classic World Athletics Continental Tour Gold in Nairobi, Kenya, on Saturday, April 20, 2024.

Moraa clocked 1:57.96 to set a new meet record and fastest to time ever be run in Kenya to eclipse former Olympics and World champion Pamela “Kapsabet Express” Jelimo who set best Kenyan times abroad.

The Gyulai Istvan Memorial, World Athletics Continental Tour Gold, in Szekesfehervar, Hungary 1500m meet record holder Nelly Chepchirchir trailed Moraa in second place in 1:58.26 as he African Games bronze medalist Vivian Chebet Kiprotich was third in 1:58.93.

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