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The Mercy Chepkorir of Kenya was excluded from the Kenya team for the Under 20 World Athletics Championships as of Tuesday in Tampere, Finland [19659003] Chepkorir, who would have participated in the women's 3000m. She failed to travel with the rest of the team on Sunday as a result of an anomaly in her pbadport, which indicated that she was a man.
Barnaba Korir, president of Athletics Kenya responsible for youth and development, described the mistake as regrettable. the pbadport on Friday, which makes it impossible to launch a new application.
"It is unfortunate that our officials did not either catch the mistake in time," said Korir, adding that he personally spoke to Chepkorir. The Kenya team left for Tampere on Sunday at 4:45
Kenya will now be represented in the 3,000 by Zena Jemutai, who won in tests with Chepkorir in second place.
The first batch of 19 athletes Officials and officials left the country on Saturday morning, followed by the rest (23) on Sunday aboard Turkish Airlines aircraft.
Among them were triple skippers Gloria Mulei and Philip Musyoka, who will leave a memorable mark at Tampere
This is the first time Kenya has a team in competitions on the field at the World Under 20, the duo having reached the qualifying marks of the respective events.
Mulei, 18, did it She became the youngest Kenyan to break the national record by winning the national title in 12.97 meters in the national trials on June 22 in Kasarani.
Mulei had missed the qualifying mark of 12.85m in just 0.3m Mulei said that she had not finished yet.
"I want to further improve this record in the junior event and maybe reach the final," said Mulei, who thanked his coach. Caroline Kola, the former record of the national triple jump der, to inspire to achieve the feat.
The 12.91 national Kola record lasted 19 years before Mulei, who is a fourth-year student at Kwanthanze, broke it at the national championships.
Caroline Kola set the Nationals record on June 20, 2001.
"Kola improved my techniques of runaway, jumping and landing," said Mulei, who hopes to use techniques and climb over 13 meters.
"I believe it is"
Mulei's dream is to qualify for the next year's World Championships scheduled for Doha, Qatar and ultimately the Tokyo Olympics in 2020.
"But I'll need specialized training to get to this level," said Mulei, who has won the national triple jump national high school title for the past four years. [19659019] In addition to the title this year, the fourth student Kwanthanze, who reached the final at the U-18 World Championships last year in Nairobi, was also declared the East B athlete, having won the jump in length, high jump and 100m.
Musyoka, 18, who also represented Kenya at the U-18 World Championships last year, aims to reach the finals in Finland, "L & Coach Kola has been working on my technique since the event the youth last year and I'm ready to go, "said Musyoka, who has embraced the triple jump in clbad 8 at Itul primary school. in Kitui in 2013.
"I want to leave a lasting impression on Finland."
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