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Kenyan Beatrice Chebet eyes podium finish in Budapest after Stockholm victory
The world cross country champion Beatrice Chebet has her eyes trained at setting a personal best and a podium finish in the 5000m race in world championships in Budapest, Hungary next month.
Chebet's sentiments come on the back of winning the Diamond League meet in Stockholm on Sunday where she cut the tape in a time of 14:36.52.
"My main goal now is the new PB at 5000m, so maybe in London, if the conditions are good, I can try to do it. My body is in perfect shape so anything is possible,” said Chebet in a post-race interview.
The world silver medalist turned up the heat in the final lap beating the Ethiopian duo of world indoor 3000m champion Lemlem Hailu (14:38.06) and 18-year-old Medina Eisa (14:40.02) to second and third respectively.
This was the second consecutive Diamond League victory for Chebet following her 3000m triumph in Oslo, Norway on June 15.
The 23-year-old said she was undeterred by the wet weather conditions at the Olympic Stadium.
‘The first thing was to get the win. The second was to fight the tough conditions. Yes, the weather was not really good but you need to run in any conditions. It was not easy to finish the race,” she added.
On the World Championships she said: "I am already thinking about Budapest where my main target is to get on the podium in my specialty."
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