{"id":21418,"date":"2021-01-24T20:52:27","date_gmt":"2021-01-24T20:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/?p=21418"},"modified":"2021-01-24T20:52:27","modified_gmt":"2021-01-24T20:52:27","slug":"noc-k-visits-athletics-camps-ahead-of-tokyo-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/noc-k-visits-athletics-camps-ahead-of-tokyo-olympics","title":{"rendered":"NOC-K visits athletics camps ahead of Tokyo Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> With less than eight months to the start of postponed\u00a02020 Tokyo Olympic Games, Kenyan athletes are now shaking off holiday rust occasioned by Covid-19 disruptions.<\/p>\n<p>National Olympic Committee-Kenya (NOC) and Athletics Kenya have decided to check on training, level of preparedness and even motivate athletes in the run-up to the competition.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday,\u00a0they visited Global Sports Communications camp in Kaptagat\u00a0\u2013where Olympic marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge and three-time world half marathon winner Geoffrey Kamworor \u2013train.<\/p>\n<p>Commonwealth Games 800m bronze medallist Wycliffe Kinyamal and Rodgers Kwemoi who train at the Kaptagat camp are among six who received Tokyo 2020 scholarships that were issued by\u00a0NOC\u00a0President Paul Tergat in Eldoret.<\/p>\n<p>NOC\u00a0acting secretary general Francis Mutuku, who was accompanied by Olympic Body\u2019s Athletes Representative Humphrey Kayange and Tokyo Olympics general team manager Barnabas Korir, had a talk with Kipchoge and Kamworor in Kaptagat.<\/p>\n<p>The team then proceeded to Nike Kapsait Athletics Camp in Elgeyo Marakwet where they met two-time Chicago and London Marathon champion Brigid Kosgei.<\/p>\n<p>Korir said they were on a fact-finding mission to understand best how to support the athletes.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0NOC\u00a0team also met Olympic silver medallist Julius Yego at his training grounds in Eldoret.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AfricaPress-Kenya: With less than eight months to the start of postponed\u00a02020 Tokyo Olympic Games, Kenyan athletes are now shaking off holiday rust occasioned by Covid-19 disruptions. National Olympic Committee-Kenya (NOC) and Athletics Kenya have decided to check on training, level of preparedness and even motivate athletes in the run-up to the competition. 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