Paralympics silver medalist Samson Ojuka has set his sights on smashing the world document for the lengthy soar, this 12 months.
Ojuka says the document has been on his thoughts for some time and is set to lastly attain it.
“On the Commonwealth Video games, the goal was to compete within the 100m. Nonetheless, my greatest dream is to smash the world document for the lads’s lengthy soar. It’s a feat I wish to obtain and I’m actually targeted on it,” he stated.
The earlier 12 months was an unforgettable one for the Kenyatta College regulation scholar who sprang 6.20m to clinch silver on the Paris Paralympics.
Other than going one higher by smashing the world document, Ojuka is angling for a podium end at subsequent month’s Dubai Grand Prix.
“I really feel in nice form…I’ve been coaching and getting ready properly for the primary worldwide competitors of the 12 months that’s the Dubai Grand Prix. I’m optimistic of an excellent efficiency. There are only a few enhancements that I require to make in order that I can obtain my goal for Dubai,” he stated.
Ojuka warmed up for Dubai with victory within the males’s 100m T37 at Wednesday’s Nationwide Para Athletics Championships on the Kenyatta College.
The one-day occasion was additionally used as trials for the Dubai Grand Prix, set for February 6-13.
He clocked 12.1 to cross the end line first, forward of Fred Ochieng (12.4) and Victor Gichuhi (13.1) in second and third respectively.
Within the second warmth, Anthony Nzomo clocked 12.0 to chop the tape, forward of Silas Waswa (13.1) and Harris Mwanzi (13.4) in second and third respectively.
Alphonce Mairon emerged victorious within the third warmth after timing 11.9, as Jonathan Kyalo (12.2) and Javani Kirwa (12.3) got here second and third.
Munang’at reigns supreme
Within the males’s 5000m T11, Bernard Munang’at timed 16:01.2 to cross the end line and earn his probability to symbolize Kenya for the primary time ever.
The 2016 Rio Olympics gold medalist Samuel Muchai completed second in 16:14.8 whereas Erick Sang got here third in 16:41.4.
Within the males’s 5000m T12, John Lokedi clocked 15:47.4 to bag prime honours, forward of Victor Cheruiyot (15:54.6) and Bernard Koskei (16:18.7).
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Within the girls’s 100m T11, Daisy Chepkirui clinched first place in 14.5 as Kitui’s Felistas Kavera (16.1) and Machakos’ Irene Ndila (16.8) needed to be content material with second and third respectively.
In the meantime, Thika’s Veronica Wandia gained the ladies’s 100m T12 after clocking 15.7.
Nairobi’s Anne Nekesa got here second in 16.2 whereas Metrine Ondiso, additionally from Nairobi, clocked 17.0 in third place.
Other than the Dubai Grand Prix, Kenya can even compete on the World Para Athletics Championships in New Delhi, India on September 26-October 5.
