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Mary has disclosed what cost her a medal at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games and what she has done differently to ensure she is lethal in Paris.
Reigning world 800m champion Mary Moraa has disclosed what cost her a medal at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games and what she has been doing in training to avoid a repeat of the same.
At the Tokyo Olympic Games, the reigning world champion was eliminated in the semifinal after she finished third.
The race was eventually won by Athing Mu, who will unfortunately not be defending her title after falling at the U.S. Olympic trials and ended up finish ninth in the final of the women’s 800m.
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07:15 - 18.07.2024
Fast rising 800m star Odira narrates inspiration behind joining athletics & her lofty dreams of dinning with greats
Lilian Odira, the latest 800m runner turning heads has gotten candid about when she ventured into athletics and her motivation of becoming a world champion one day.
Speaking about her experience in Tokyo, the 24-year-old noted that she was yet to master how the 800m well and the event was more of a learning curve. However, at the moment, Moraa noted that she knows better and she has the skills when it comes to running the 800m from the preliminaries, to the semifinal and to the final and eventually win a race.
She added that the team has been training well and she has enjoyed the company of Vivian Chebet and Lilian Odira who will be making Olympic debuts, competing in the 800m.
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“I reached the semifinal in 2020 and now my big target is to reach in the final and get a medal. We have been training well as a group, I, Lilian and Vivian have been working together in training and we pray that God gives us energy so that when we get to the Olympics, we are able to run well and get to the final and bring back medals,” Moraa said.
“In Tokyo, I had not mastered the art of running the 800m well but now I have the experience and I know how I can run and get to the final and get a medal,” she added.
Moraa faces tough opposition at the Olympic Games, going up against Briton Keely Hodgkinson who finished second in Tokyo. Nonetheless, she is not putting pressure on herself ahead of her Olympic return.
She will certainly be more confident, thanks to the gold medal she won at the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary.
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16:25 - 12.07.2024
Reigning 800m World Champion Mary Moraa points out the rival she is most wary of ahead of Paris Olympic Games
Mary Moraa has revealed the rival she is most cautious of ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympics showdown in the 800m
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