Gabby Thomas has been officially announced together with a host of other athletes to participate at the Kip Keino classic on the 24th of April in Nairobi, Kenya. The international stars will be competing with fellow world champions from Kenya in what is slated for a muth watering slew of races under floodlights.
The list of foreign athlete include Brown, Aaron, Robert, Ricardo from Canada, is going to be there. We have Iqbal, Brandon from USA. Nutella, Keith from RSN. Sam Watson from USA. Austin Parrish from USA. And of course from Miami.
Emmanuel Tieto has also confirmed participation as has Dr. Laman, Karim from RSN. King Henry, and I’m sure Emmanuel King is also there from the USA. Tibi from Nigeria.
We have already enlarged. Chairman, what is the meaning of this? I have been informed that there is one of the top sprinters who is confirming soon. We don’t want to miss the deadline. Other top sprinters will be confirming in the next few days.
The announcements were made by AK Vice President Barnaba Korir at a press conference at the Athletics Kenya offices. He went on to state that Kenya should expect athletes from various nationalities including Jamaica, Ethiopia, USA, Libya
We have white, pencil, blue, and red. Those are the new sprinters who are joining. And then we do have the opportunity to speak to the national team.
Barnaba Korir went on to say, “Because we are going to have this event in the evening. It is critical that we assure the Kenyans that the event is going to be safe and secure for everybody. And that’s what we are doing,” he added.
The various organizational elements were unveiled icluding the means of transportation as well as the communication means. Therefore, the most important thing that we have to do, as the President himself has said, is to ensure that we have the maximum capacity.
Korir encouraged Kenyans to fill the stadium as a curtain raiser for the World Championships next year
Security of the country. We plan to hold the World Championships next year. So as far as security is concerned, we will ensure that it is safe.
Omanayala will be leading our own local stars for this global event.