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World Athletics allowed the men’s 4x100m relay team, men’s 4x400m team, and the mixed relay team to be entered as eligible competitors in the event.
After being given the green light to compete at the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Team Kenya relay teams have set lofty ambitions and will be keen to prove a point as they compete against the big boys.
World Athletics on Wednesday, August 2, allowed the men’s 4x100m relay team, men’s 4x400m team, and the mixed relay team to be entered as eligible competitors in the event.
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World Athletics gave a nod to the men’s 4x100m team, men’s 4x400m team, and the mixed relay team to be entered into the tight race.
The men’s 4x100m team will comprise Africa’s fastest man Ferdinand Omanyala, Steve Onyango, National champion Boniface Mweresa, Samuel Chege, Dan Kiviasi, and Hesbon Ochieng.
In the men’s 4x400m relay team, National champions Wiseman Were and Zablon Ekwam will be joined by Commonwealth Games 800m champion Wycliffe Kinyamal, Kelvin Sawe, Alex Ng’eno, and Kennedy Musyoki. Kinyamal will lead the mixed relay team that also includes Musyoki, Ekwam, Mercy Oketch, Millicent Ndoro, and Maureen Thomas.
Mweresa noted that they are sharpening their talons at the Moi International Sports Center in Kasarani and they will be seeking to get to the final at the event.
Speaking to KBC Sport, he said: “I think as a team we have trained well and we are in good shape at the moment. Our target in the relays is to make it to the final then from there we shall strategize on how to raise the Kenyan flag high.”
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On his part, Ekwam also disclosed that the relay team’s focus is currently on next year’s Paris Olympics and the World Championships is just a way of preparing for the event.
He said: “Our aim is to finish among the top eight at the World Championships. If we finish in that bracket, we shall automatically qualify for the Paris Olympics come next year.”
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