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IAAF World U18
kimanimsc
#21 Posted : Saturday, July 15, 2017 9:16:24 PM
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freiks wrote:
Tomorrow is a family day and already i have heard a few saying it will be their day at kasarani, naona kesho ikiwa full house


Tomorrow the kick off is at 3.00 pm. Meanwhile today's estimate was...

Njung'e
#22 Posted : Sunday, July 16, 2017 12:26:13 PM
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Last evening was disappointing. We, literally gave Ethiopians 4 medals inside an hour and now we lie sixth where i had hoped we would be tops this morning. Let's say our hope now lies Jeruto and Wangui (800 W) but the Ethiopians have Hirut Meshesha. Zakayo and Mburu (3000 m) have Ethiopian Selemo Barega to contend with but in the 2000 Metres, Meyan and Bett seem to have an easier task. GO TEAM KENYA!
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#23 Posted : Sunday, July 16, 2017 1:30:28 PM
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madollar
#24 Posted : Sunday, July 16, 2017 2:55:10 PM
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Njung'e wrote:
Last evening was disappointing. We, literally gave Ethiopians 4 medals inside an hour and now we lie sixth where i had hoped we would be tops this morning. Let's say our hope now lies Jeruto and Wangui (800 W) but the Ethiopians have Hirut Meshesha. Zakayo and Mburu (3000 m) have Ethiopian Selemo Barega to contend with but in the 2000 Metres, Meyan and Bett seem to have an easier task. GO TEAM KENYA!

The Ethiopians are running tactically superior races and it seems they have stronger athletes .Today may just be a replica of yesterday but with crowd behind the young lads lets wait and see
Angelica _ann
#25 Posted : Sunday, July 16, 2017 4:06:32 PM
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1,2 for our girls in 800m Applause Applause Applause
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#26 Posted : Sunday, July 16, 2017 10:27:23 PM
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An amazing event. An even more amazing finale.

I hope Kenya returns the favour and withdraws from any IAAF athletic event hosted by the US, New Zealand, Britain, Australia, Canada and Switzerland.

BBI will solve it
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Alba
#27 Posted : Monday, July 17, 2017 1:07:06 AM
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Njung'e wrote:
Last evening was disappointing. We, literally gave Ethiopians 4 medals inside an hour and now we lie sixth where i had hoped we would be tops this morning. Let's say our hope now lies Jeruto and Wangui (800 W) but the Ethiopians have Hirut Meshesha. Zakayo and Mburu (3000 m) have Ethiopian Selemo Barega to contend with but in the 2000 Metres, Meyan and Bett seem to have an easier task. GO TEAM KENYA!


The Kenya coach admitted that he made an error by telling his charges to go out on a torrid pace. Why he would ask inexperienced runners to do this at an altitude of 1800 metres above sea level beggars belief. Even senior runners dont try this at altitude.
Alba
#28 Posted : Monday, July 17, 2017 5:46:35 AM
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BTW congrats to South Africa. They have become Africa's premier sprinting nation and are still dominant in the field events. They are doing something right.
madollar
#29 Posted : Monday, July 17, 2017 11:44:41 AM
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And that was the final edition for the under18s not sure what the official line is for terminating the competition but the unofficial one must be age cheating especially in the field events no way those were 15/16/17 year olds.In the track everybody must have played dirty lakini the Ethiopians had some seriously strong athletes
Alba
#30 Posted : Tuesday, July 18, 2017 5:23:13 AM
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madollar wrote:
And that was the final edition for the under18s not sure what the official line is for terminating the competition but the unofficial one must be age cheating especially in the field events no way those were 15/16/17 year olds.In the track everybody must have played dirty lakini the Ethiopians had some seriously strong athletes



Also Its almost pointless. Success at youth level rarely translates to success at senior level. Of course there are exceptions like Faith Kipyegon. But the vast majority of the medalists at this event rarely succeed at senior level. For girls I especially think burnout is a factor.

Now Kenya wants to host the U20 event. Its like throwing money away. They would be better off investing that money to fund the training of field event and short distance athletes like South Africa is doing now. Thats why they are doing really well in the sprints now.
washiku
#31 Posted : Tuesday, July 18, 2017 1:28:29 PM
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This made many of us very very proud to be Kenyans
Alba
#32 Posted : Thursday, July 20, 2017 6:28:06 PM
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I understand this was the crowd favourite particularly among team mafisi



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