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Defending champion Faith Chepng'etich Kipyegon eased into the semi-finals of the women's 1500m at the World Championships here on Wednesday.
Kenya's African champion Winnie Chebet also sailed through to the semi-finals of the metric-mile event.
Chepng'etich finished second in Heat One in 4:03.93 behind World 10,000m gold medallist Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands in 4:03.88, while Chebet also finished second behind Morocco's Rababe Arafi in Heat Two.
Chebet clocked 4:08.36 to make it to the semis against Arafi's 4:08.32.
