A take a look at Kenya’s Staff to Nanjing 2025

The one benefit of a not-so-great efficiency is that it has a greater likelihood of getting higher subsequent time.

Beatrice Chepkoech was the one medalist, with a bronze medal within the girls’s 3000m on the final World Indoor Championships in Glasgow.  It must be a low bar for Kenya to leap over.

Kenya is called an athletics powerhouse and all eyes will likely be on the Kenyan workforce on the Nanjing 2025 World Indoor Championships starting on 21^st and ending on 23^rd March in China.

The workforce is nicely gender-balanced, with 5 males and 5 girls.

After sustaining a formidable profitable streak within the males’s Olympic 800m occasion, Kenya appears to be focusing extra on the gap that they’re excelling extra and majority of the workforce to Nanjing are within the mens 800m. Belgrade 2022 silver medallist Noah Kibet will likely be within the 800m alongside teammates, African champion Alex Ngeno Kipngetich and Collins Kipruto.  The 800m race will supply some powerful competitors from the likes of Josh Hoey who lately ran an space file of 1:43.24 on the US Indoor Championships. However, however, Kenya has extra possibilities of medals right here.

Cornelius Kemboi has by no means competed indoors earlier than, however the African Video games bronze medalist may shock everybody within the males’s 3000m occasion.

Festus Lagat, who is primarily based within the USA will likely be competing within the 1500m occasion.  He has a seasonal and private finest time of three:37.32 within the distance.

On the ladies’s facet, African silver medalist, Lilian Odira will likely be competing alongside Vivian Chebet Kiprotich who was fourth on the Glasgow Indoor championships final 12 months.

Susan Ejore who was 6^th on the Olympic remaining in Paris will likely be within the 1500m race. She will likely be within the firm of Dorcus Ewoi, who has been doing most of her racing within the US.

There will likely be a lone Kenyan within the 3000m occasion. Purity Kajuju Gitonga was third on the Czech Indoor Gala, Ostrava final month.

Males:

1. Cornelius KEMBOI 3000 Metres
2. Noah KIBET 800 Metres
3. Alex Ngeno KIPNGETICH 800 Metres
4. Collins KIPRUTO 800 Metres
5. Festus LAGAT 1500 Metres

Girls:

1. Susan Lokayo EJORE 1500 Metres
2. Dorcus EWOI 1500 Metres
3. Purity Kajuju GITONGA 3000 Metres
4. Vivian Chebet KIPROTICH 800 Metres
5. Lilian ODIRA 800 Metres