Rudisha rallies Kenyan athletes to do more ahead of 2024 Olympic Games

Kenya’s legendary 800 metre runner David Rudisha has called on athletes from the country to train hard in order to get an edge over their British counterparts in the upcoming competitions headlined by the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Rudisha made the rallying call during the 2024 Allan Scally Road Relay race staged at the Glasgow green football centre.

According to the 35-year-old, British athletes have become stronger over the years and are giving Kenyan stars a run for their money.

He gave an example of the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games 1500m silver medalist Laura Muir, who has been a constant threat to Kenya’s double Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon Chepngetich.

Moreover, Rudisha talked about the 1500m rivalry in the men’s category and how the likes of Ferguson Rotich and Timothy Cheruiyot have struggled against runners from Great Britain in the recent past.

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“We are doing very well especially in the middle distance. We always have very tough competition against the British athletes like Laura Muir and Faith Kipyegon and of course Josh Kerr and Ferguson Rotich and so on.

We have the 1500m athletes who are doing very well like Manangoi and the rest. When we have this kind of competition, I know they are also giving our Kenyan athletes sleepless nights,” he commented.

The 800m world record holder also touched on the power of sports and its ability to unite people from diverse cultures and backgrounds.

Rudisha traveled to Scotland late last month as an ambassador for the recently held World Indoor Championships.

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The Kenyan team which had brilliant runners such as the reigning African 100m world record holder Ferdinand Omurwa Omanyala, Beatrice Chepkoech, and Naomi Korir did not meet the expectations of most athletic fans at the event.

The team only managed to win one medal (bronze) which came courtesy of Chepkoech in the 3000m discipline.

Most of the athletes in the squad were using the event to gauge their preparation ahead of the 2024 Olympic Games which is scheduled to start on Friday, July 26 in Paris, France.

Chepkoech, who set a novel 3000m steeplechase world record of 8:44.32 in 2018, will be seeking to secure her maiden medal at the summer games.

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