Cherotich, Yego to light up Paris Diamond League
Bahrain's Winfred Yavi (L) and Kenya's Faith Cherotich compete in the women's 3000m hurdles event of the Oslo Diamond League Bislett Games 2025 at Bislett Stadium in Oslo, Norway on June 12, 2025. (Photo by Fredrik Varfjell / NTB / AFP) / NORWAY OUT
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Kenyan athletes will be in the spotlight again on Friday night as the Diamond League season heads to Paris with action set for the Charléty Stadium.
Olympic and world bronze medallist Faith Cherotich and 2015 world javelin champion Julius Yego lead a strong Kenyan squad in the French capital.
Cherotich is fresh from the Oslo leg where she clocked 9:02.60, the second fastest time this season behind Doris Lemngole’s 8:58.15 time at the NCAA Championships.
The 20-year-old tops the Diamond League standings with 16 points and will be chasing a third straight victory as she sharpens up for the Tokyo 2025 World Championship.
She will be up against Tokyo Olympic champion Peruth Chemutai of Uganda, Kenyan teammate Caren Chebet, and Kenya-born Kazakhstani Norah Jeruto among others
In the field events, Julius Yego returns to Diamond League action at 10:42pm, fresh off a winning run in Finland.
The 2016 Olympic silver medallist threw a season-best 83.08m in Turku, following up his 82.95m win in Lahti, and is looking to extend that form in Paris.
He will face a world-class line-up including Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra of India (SB 90.23m), Germany’s Julian Weber (SB 91.06m), and Grenada’s Anderson Peters (SB 85.64m).
“I’m happy to be here in Paris, throwing alongside the best in the world. The top ranks in terms of javelin throwers this season, with Chopra and Weber above the 90m mark, will give me another chance to improve my season’s best and build on my rhythm,” Yego told Citizen Digital in Paris.
Yego has already qualified for Tokyo 2025 after his 87.72m throw in the Olympic final last year.
“There’s no pressure right now. I just want to stay consistent, enjoy the moment, and use this as a stepping stone. The main focus remains the World Championships in Tokyo this September.”
In the women’s 1500m, Nelly Chepchirchir and Susan Ejore, both Olympians, will face an elite cast that includes Ethiopia’s teen sensation Birke Haylom (PB 3:53.22) and Britain’s Georgia Bell Hunter (PB 3:52.61).
In the men’s 5000m, Jacob Krop, a World silver medalist from Eugene 2022, will lead Boaz Kiprugut against Ethiopia’s Yomif Kejelcha, the fastest man in the field with a PB of 12:38.95.
The men’s 800m will see former Commonwealth champion Wycliffe Kinyamal and rising star Nicholas Kiplangat Kebenei test themselves in a quick field that includes Bryce Hoppel (USA) and Tshepiso Masalela (Botswana), who boasts a season best of 1:42.70.
In the non-Diamond League scoring men’s 3000m steeplechase, world record holder Lamecha Girma returns to the very track where he set his 7:52.11-mark last year. He’ll be joined by 2019 Diamond League trophy winner Getnet Wale, with Kenya’s Wilberforce Kones Chemiat also lining up in the mix.
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