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The race for Olympics tickets to Team Kenya’s marathon team is far from done as Athletics Kenya will be making an addition to the provisional men’s squad after Kelvin Kiptum’s death.
Athletics Kenya will be making an addition to Kenya’s Olympics marathon team following the untimely death of world record holder Kelvin Kiptum.
Kiptum, who was among favourites to win gold at the Paris 2024 Games, died following a road accident in February, two months after he had been included in the men’s provisional team last December.
The 10-man team had Kiptum, defending champion Eliud Kipchoge, 2024 Tokyo Marathon champion Benson Kipruto, Timothy Kiplagat and Vincent Ngetich, who finished second and third in Tokyo, Bernard Koech, two-time New York Marathon champion Geoffrey Kamworor, Cyprian Kotut, 2022 London Marathon champion Amos Kipruto and Titus Kipruto.
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However, with Kiptum gone, AK will revise the list with another name before the final three are unveiled to represent Kenya at the Olympics.
“For the Olympics, there is no wildcard so we will add one,” veteran athletics coach Julius Kirwa, who is a member of the panel of selectors, told Pulse Sports.
“We will go for rankings and the consistency of the athlete that we want to select. Those are what will be guiding us.
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ATHLETICS Ezekiel Kemboi remains unfazed by Kipchoge’s Tokyo marathon show as he makes bold Olympic marathon claim
Kemboi is adamant Kipchoge still has everything it takes to compete at a high level despite his disapointment in Tokyo, which has prompted him into making a glaringly stark prediction about Kenya's chances at the Olympic games.
“We already have 10 who have done better and when we see what is going on currently, we will be able to compare. Also, a race which had no pacemakers is another consideration.”
AK’s decision opens a window of opportunity for a number of runners notably Boston Marathon champion Evans Chebet and Alexander Mutiso, third in Valencia in 2:03:29 on his debut in 2022, winner in Prague last year (2:05:09), before second place in Valencia 2023 (2:03:11).
Mutiso had not run Valencia when the team was unveiled while Chebet has been very consistent. After his marathon debut in 2013 in Seoul (2:11:26), Chebet has managed top four placings in all 15 marathons he has finished, including six wins and six runner-up finishes.
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He won in Boston and New York in 2022 before defending his Boston title and he will be back again in April in a bid to make it three straight wins while Mutiso will seek to outshine his opponents in London.
Also in London is Kamworor, seeking to better his second place finish of last year, and edge closer to the final three.
“We will have to sit down and analyses the race, performance, whom they ran against and how did the opponent run,” added Kirwa, hinting at London and Boston marathons being the final races that will determine the extra name in Team Kenya.
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Fred Kerley has fired warning shots at his opponents Noah Lyles, Ferdinand Omanyala and co as he plans to upgrade his 100m Olympic silver medal to gold at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
“We do not want the athletes to book any race after April because we want them to recover for three months before the Olympics.”
AK have up to May to come up with the final list of three men and women that will represent the country in Paris.
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