NAIROBI, Kenya, July 22, 2025 – Kenya’s formidable trio of Janeth Chepngetich, Agnes Ngetich, and double Olympic champion Beatrice Chebet have vowed to gun for a historic podium sweep in the women’s 10,000m at the World Championships in Tokyo this September.
Chepngetich laid down a statement of intent at the national trials on Tuesday morning, storming to victory in 30:27.0 at the Ulinzi Sports Complex.
Ngetich pushed her all the way to clock 30:27.4, while Chebet sealed the final automatic slot with 30:27.5 in a thrilling blanket finish.
An elated Chepngetich admitted she hadn’t expected to clinch the win, her primary target had been booking a ticket to Tokyo.
”I am so happy I was able to qualify for Tokyo and also win the race today.”
”I did not expect to win but I decided to run my own race, my target was making the team,” Chepngetich said.
With her spot secured, Chepngetich now sets her sights on sharpening her speed ahead of the global showdown.
“My focus now is to work on my finishing speed before Tokyo. We believe as a team we can sweep the podium.”
Ngetich echoed the sentiment, underscoring the importance of a lethal finishing kick in championship racing.
”I will be focusing more on speed because at the World Championships you have to have a finishing kick in the final 200m,” Ngetich said.
Chebet, was pleased with running on home soil after dominat displays on international races.
”The race was good, running on the home soil was really good for me,” Chebet said.
She was pleased running with Ngetich and Chepngetich.
”Running alongside Agnes and Janeth was really amazing.”
The race was a precursor of how the trio will team up in Tokyo.
”Today we were running as a team so as to see how we will team up in Tokyo to bring medals home.”
”The team is really good. Having Agnes and Janeth will be good, I promise Kenya’s that we will bring back medals and good results,” she added.
