Athletics - World Athletics Championships – Women's 1500 metres Heats - London Stadium, London, Britain – August 4, 2017. Genzebe Dibaba of Ethiopia wins. REUTERS/John Sibley
LONDON (Reuters) - All the big names advanced from the first round of the women’s 1,500 metres on Friday, an event that is shaping up to be one of the most intriguing of the World Championships.
Ethiopia's defending champion Genzebe Dibaba showed the way by winning the first heat in a sharp four minutes 2.67 seconds but jogging in just behind her was Caster Semenya, the South African Olympic 800m champion who is attempting the middle- distance double in London.
