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 irene jelagat 10 december 1988
irene jelagat

irene jelagat -lrb- born 10 december 1988 -rrb- is a kenyan middle-distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres .
she won the gold medal at the 2006 world junior championships , with a personal best time of 4:08.88 minutes , and finished fifth at the 2008 african championships .
jelegat represented kenya in the 1500 m at the 2008 beijing olympics , but did not progress beyond the heats stage .
she competed at the 2009 world championships , but she fell and did not advance past 1500 metres heats .
she came fifth at the 2010 iaaf world indoor championships with a personal best run of 4:09.57 minutes .
she improved upon this with a run of 4:07.45 minutes for third place at the sparkassen cup in february 2011 .
