From: missionary <pk...@me...> - 2007-03-20 00:24:04
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> <img alt="diverse" src="cid:par...@me..." height="203" width="496"><br> Diack will be expected back in Nairobi on Wednesday where he is also planned to have a series of meeting with senior government officials accompanied by LOC and other stakeholders.<br> Relevant Links East Africa Southern Africa Zimbabwe Kenya Athletics Zhuwawo arrived in the country on Tuesday afternoon from Netherlands where he is currently based. He will run in the senior men's 12km. But they must be exercised with extreme caution so as not to harm those not party to the dispute. I respect them and each time they are on the track I know that I am going to have tough competition.<br> President Mwai Kibaki is expected in the town to preside over the event.<br> He was also not categorical on whether he would double up, maintaining all these depended on how he performed in the now defunct short course race on the opening day.<br> Without denying that religion is an important influence on society, and that the world needs religion, there are clear demarcations between matters secular and matters religious. Boniface Kiprop beating Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele or Laszlo Csaba's troupe over running Berti Vogts' side might sound like a joke, but the pessimism could be misguided. So, instead of getting up early, the runners have been training in Siakago area while the sun is up. They chose Inzikuru to be assisted by (Wilson) Busienei," said head coach Gordon Ahimbisibwe, who is handling the team with Nalis Bigingo.<br> The girls six kilometres event was won by Leonida Kimosop of Kapkenda in 19:58. In athletics, I gather our team will two days to the competition first have to battle the 600km plus journey on the not-so-friendly Kitale- Mombasa road.<br> Kenyans living in JapanDouglas Wakiihuri was the first Kenyan to win the world athletics championships marathon gold medal 20 years ago. Diack meets the local organising committee on Tuesday over the World Cross Country progress before flying to Nairobi on Wednesday for a meeting with government officials. My intention then was to do something with my degree.<br> My joy knew no bound. "I never took athletics seriously; all along I had the intention of doing something with my degree.<br> Next to jet in will be the New Zealand team with six athletes expected at 6. Relevant Links East Africa Kenya Asia, Australia, and Africa Athletics Misato Tomoeda, who was third in Chiba and fourth in Fukuoka, was 8th at 3000m in the national inter-high school championships. Any athlete who finishes in the top two in their event with an IAAF A-qualifier has booked their spot on the provisional team for the world championships in Osaka, Japan, later this year.<br> Tavengwa has competed in several races in Eldoret and Iten and is coming out of an injury with her condition described by coaches as "impressive.<br> It is not good for any group to incite and inflame public opinion, whatever its grievances. The world championships has attracted 573 athletes from 66 countries who will compete in the four categories on March 24 at the Mombasa golf course. The top ten finishers in the event will represent the province during the national secondary school cross country championships to be held in the same venue next month.<br> There are 500 volunteers, mostly students. In some of the matches, Cleophas Momanga scored twice to lead North Rift to a 3-2 win over Nyanza. However, though Kipchoge is back in training, he confirmed that he will be cheering on his compatriot form the track side as he can not beat the coaches fitness test. My training partner gets that sum for a race and I am getting for only God knows when.<br> For the athletes who will be representing Kenya next week, all the hard work is done and now its time to taper down physically and to mentally focus on the Mombasa event. Kipkosgei will be among several athletes on the start list of the 33rd edition of The Fortis City-Pier-City half marathon in Hague, Netherlands today. The Local organising Committee has set up a welcome desk at the Mombasa Airport, from where the visitors are escorted under heavy police security to the Whitesands Hotel for accreditation.<br> </body> </html> |