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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.

  • Kibet, Okecth and Tinega cruise to World Indoor semis in Poland

    Kibet, Okecth and Tinega cruise to World Indoor semis in Poland

    Kenyans Noah Kibet, Mercy Oketch and Brian Tinega qualified for the semi-finals on the opening day of the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Poland on Friday.

    Kibet, who bagged silver in the race in 2022, won heat 6 of the first round in 1:45.84, to qualify for Saturday’s semi-final.

    National 400M record holder Oketch,clocked 51.57 seconds to place second in Heat 6, securing her spot in the semi-finals later tonight.

    Brian Tinega also sailed to semis in 400m after finishing 2nd in heat 2, posting 46.81 seconds.

    However, Gladys Ngetich and Rosemary missed out on the 800m semi-finals.

    Longisa finished last in heat 1 with a personal best time of 2:03.48, while Ngetich finished 5th in the 2nd heat.

    Kenya is represented by 8 athletes in the 3-day championship participating in 400m, 800m, 1500m and 3000m.