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By John Kwoba
NAIROBI, July 24 (Xinhua) – Kenyan Olympic javelin medalist Julius Yego has thrown out the glove and warned his rivals that he is fully recovered and will shoot all cylinders at the World Championships. African Athletics […]
When addressing Xinhua in Nairobi on Tuesday, Yego thinks he will recover the African title, which he lost in Durban, in South Africa in 2016. The African Senior Athletics Championships will be held in Asaba, Nigeria from 1-5 August.
The Kenyan team of 65 athletes has to leave for Nigeria on Saturday and Yego has raised his hand to be considered a future gold medalist. "1965-002" This has been a nightmare for me since I hurt my ankles and ankles, but I think it will go away, I really worked hard with the physiotherapist and I feel good, it's been good for six months and what I need is getting back into shape, "Yego said Tuesday in Nairobi.
Yego holds a national record of 92.72m, which he recorded in 2015 when he won gold at the World Championships at Birds Nest Stadium in Beijing.
He won silver at the Games Rio's Olympic one throw before hurting himself in the groin The formlessness saw Yego lose his world title without a fight in London last year and he struggled to overtake the 80 meters.
This season, Yego's best result was 80.91m, which he posted at the Nairobi National Championships.He had training camps in Finland and in the Czech Republic and think that it is ready for Africa.
"It's now a lot better and I'm going to use the African Championship to get back into shape and win a winning mentality."
However, Yego believes that Kenyan athletics officials are not doing enough to support his cause because he will have to travel to Nigeria without his coach
"I have always trained with my coach and he is always a source of inspiration for the big leagues but I will not be guided to Nigeria and it's not good, I missed it at the Commonwealth Games and again it will happen at continental level, "he said.
The African Championships will be used to select will represent the continent at the IAAF Continental Cup to be held in the Czech Republic in September
Only the top two athletes in each discipline will make the event. African team and Yego think that he will have his chance and prove to the world that he is back to his being. Enditem
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