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  • Okecth, Tinega and Krop in the hunt for medals in Poland

    Okecth, Tinega and Krop in the hunt for medals in Poland

    Three Kenyans;Brian Tinega,Mercy Oketch and Jacob Krop, will be in the hunt for the medals on day 2 of the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Kujawy Pomorze today.

    Tinega and Oketch will compete in the 400m finals at 6.34pm and 8.40pm Kenyan times, respectively, after successfully sailing through round 1 and the semis on Friday.

    2022 World silver medallist Krop will be eyeing his first indoor podium finish when he lines up in the 3000m final starting at 7.22pm.

    Noah Kibet, who bagged silver in 2022 in Belgrade, will also be in action for the 800m semi-final from 3.08pm.

    The USA leads the Championship medal table with 2 gold and 1 bronze, followed by Ukraine with 2 gold and a silver, while Italy is placed 3rd with 1 gold medal.

  • Oketch and Ejore advance to finals in World Indoors

    Oketch and Ejore advance to finals in World Indoors

    National 400m record holder Mercy Oketch and Brian Tinega are on course to rewrite history as the first Kenyan athletes to win a medal in 400m after they sailed through to the final at the ongoing World Athletics Indoor Championships in Poland on Friday night.

    Oketch qualified for today’s final being among the fastest 2nd-placed runners after clocking 51.90, in Heat 1 of the semi-final.

    Susan Ejore also made it to the 1500m final set for Sunday after she finished 3rd in heat 2 in 4:11.41, behind Ethiopian Byrke Haylom and Klaudia Kerzimieska from Poland, who finished 1st and 2nd, respectively.

    However, Festus Langat missed out on the men’s 1500m final after placing 7th in heat 3 of round 1.

  • Mercy Oketch sets new 400m national record at Kip Keino Classic

    Mercy Oketch sets new 400m national record at Kip Keino Classic

    Mercy Oketch set a new national record in 400m at the sixth Absa Kip Keino Classic Continental tour on Saturday at the Ulinzi Sports Complex.

    Oketch, who was part of Team Kenya that bagged the bronze medal at the World Relays in the mixed race early this month in Guangzhou, China, clocked 50.14 seconds.

    Oketch broke the previous record of 50.67, set by Mary Moraa, in 2023.

    The win also saw her qualify for the Tokyo World Athletics Championships set for September this year for maiden time.

    Ugandan Leni Shida, finished 2nd in 50.93, while Mercy Chebet of Kenya completed the podium positions in a PB time of 51.52.