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Africa-Press – Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>World Half Marathon silver medalist Kibiwott Kandie has taken a break from road races to focus on the track ahead of next year’s World Championships in Budapest.<\/p>\n

Kandie said the NOC-K president Paul Tergat challenged him to try track and he decided to take the challenge by debuting in the 10,000m race at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, where he won a bronze medal.<\/p>\n

\u201cTergat has always encouraged me to try track running. I gave it a shot during the Commonwealth Games and I did well. I am going to dig deep into track,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Kandie revealed that his main focus is to qualify for next year\u2019s World Championships in Budapest, where he intends to run the 10,000m.<\/p>\n

He revealed that winning a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games had motivated him a lot and his next target is to invest more time and resources in training.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am training extra hard to book a slot in next year\u2019s World Athletics Championships, where I want to run the 10,000m. The bronze win was a great achievement because that was my first international track competition. This was enough proof that I can achieve more not only on the roads but the track too,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Kandie will be among the athletes who will participate in the Brussels Diamond League scheduled for September 2. He will have the company of Kenyan compatriot Sabastian Sawe.<\/p>\n

The two are the only athletes who have confirmed their participation in the race. Kandie has a personal best time of 27:20.34 in the 10,000m, which he ran at the recent Commonwealth Games in Birmingham while Sawe’s personal best time is 27:09.46.<\/p>\n

Kandie, who has had a good season with the Commonwealth Games and the 10k race win in Germany, will be hoping to replicate the same performance in Brussels.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy training has been okay for the past three months and I hope to keep up the intensity. I think that\u2019s why I did my best in the 10k road race and the Commonwealth Games 10,000m. I just hope I will post a good result in Brussels,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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