国产精品99一区二区三_免费中文日韩_国产在线精品一区二区_日本成人手机在线

Kenya team good enough to reign supreme at world championships, says coach Mwaniki

Source: Xinhua| 2018-08-09 00:05:30|Editor: Mu Xuequan
Video PlayerClose

NAIROBI, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Kenya head coach Stephen Mwaniki believes his team will unruffle the USA and Jamaica domination of sprint events at the 2019 Doha World Championships.

Speaking in Nairobi after returning from Asaba, Nigeria where he led the country to the overall title with 11 gold medals, Mwaniki wants more focus placed on improving the standards of sprinters in order to widen the country's medal scope heading to the World Championships.

USA and Jamaica have dominated the sprint competitions at all major championships and the coach believes this duopoly must be broken while at the same time, Kenya continues to maintain a firm grip on the middle and long distance races.

"The sprints team we had in Asaba for the Africa Championships performed very well while the field event athletes showed remarkable improvements. All we would want is for our federation to support them in becoming better performers at the bigger stage. As coaches, we are ready for the task," said Mwaniki on Wednesday.

Despite Kenya ruling the roost in Nigeria, Mwaniki remains uncertain on how the athletes sprung to life as the championship grew, having endured hours stranded at the airport in Lagos enroute to Asaba with no training and little food.

"Our athletes had prepared very well on their way to Asaba but we met headwinds that destroyed our morale. It is interesting to see how the athletes reacted to our instructions and advise to put the country first and deliver the goodies," said Mwaniki.

"I led the team to top of Africa in 2010, when Nairobi hosted the championships and I'm glad I have done it again. The focus now shifts to the IAAF World Championships in Doha next year and I hope they will build on this performance to return to the top of the world," said Mwaniki.

In the last World Championships in London, Kenya wound up second behind USA with South Africa taking third place. USA dominated the games winning 30 medals - 10 gold, 11 silver and nine bronze to Kenya's 11 medals of which five were gold, two silver and four bronze.

It's the feat that Mwaniki wants to beat in Doha in a year's time.

TOP STORIES
EDITOR’S CHOICE
MOST VIEWED
EXPLORE XINHUANET
010020070750000000000000011105091373769751
主站蜘蛛池模板: 常宁市| 汾西县| 遂平县| 韶关市| 冀州市| 柳河县| 九龙城区| 大港区| 东辽县| 韶关市| 定兴县| 凤山市| 阳朔县| 清新县| 时尚| 资兴市| 白沙| 邓州市| 犍为县| 崇礼县| 铁岭市| 上栗县| 石首市| 开封县| 澄迈县| 延津县| 杭锦后旗| 博兴县| 古田县| 梁平县| 邵东县| 竹山县| 长丰县| 西乌珠穆沁旗| 明光市| 阿尔山市| 庄浪县| 自贡市| 临汾市| 平舆县| 芮城县|