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Yego Resigns As Team Kenya Olympics Captain

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Yego Resigns As Team Kenya Olympics Captain

Julius Yego has stepped down from his role as Team Kenya captain ahead of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, a decision that points to a fallout between the star athlete and team officials.

The 32-year old athlete, who competes in the javelin throw made the announcement on July 5, 2021, 18 days before the start of the global sporting showpiece in Japan.

“I will disappoint you and renounce my captaincy for Team Kenya to Tokyo athletics team,” he explained in a statement on his social media pages.

Before adding: “The environment for me to be the captain arent favourable for me to lead this team.”

Yego also appeared to overstep his mandate by selecting his successor.

“We will choose a new captain in due course but Eunice Sum will lead us until we elect a new captain,” he suggested.

Yego’s decision comes on a day Team Kenya General Manager Baranaba Korir publicly accused him of engaging in’in too much activism’

“The same people he is accusing are the ones who ensured he got Sh400,000 funding from IOC (International Olympic Committee) so as to train in South Africa in preparation for the Olympic Games but he did not travel.

The government was ready to match the IOC funding for the athlete to prepare well for the Olympics,” Korir told the Standard.

The athlete has gone through poor form in the past year and will have to significantly improve to stand a chance of winning a medal in Tokyo.

Besides Tokyo, Kenya is expected to send a star-studded team to the Olympics including short, middle and long-distance athletes, the men and women national rugby team, plus the women volleyball team.

Despite emerging as the best African country at the 2016 Olympics in Rio with 16 medals, Sports Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed says Kenya will be all out to better on both the medal haul and 15th position (out of 86 countries) attained in South America.

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Dennis Ombachi Wows Fans With Video Of Son’s Swimming Skills

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Dennis Ombachi Wows Fans With Video Of Son's Swimming Skills

Dennis Ombachi, popular rugby player and chef  has set tongues wagging after sharing a snippet of his toddler son showcasing that he can float on water and swim to safety.

Ombachi took to his Instagram page to share a video throwing the little boy into the water, leaving many in shock.

In the short video, the rugby player lifted his son up, kissed him, then  he tossed him into a swimming pool by the leg.

“Four weeks since we started water safety classes and my son graduated today, officially water safe!” Ombachi gushed on Twitter about his son’s abilities.

Once in the water, the baby boy quickly gets himself to a floating position and kicks his feet moving forward steadily. It appears that he can get himself out of a pool and even keep his head up to breathe after having been taught the life skill early on.

 Following the child’s accomplishment, Ombachi said that he is a “proud father”

“Proud of you my naughty boy, you’re finally Water Safe, less worries for us when you are out of our sight having successfully completed your water safety class. Happy graduation day,” he wrote on Instagram.

Since his early Monday morning post, the self-taught chef has been trending on Twitter, with over 5000 tweets being made about him, with netizens sharing mixed reactions.

 

 

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Juniors Intensify Training Ahead Of World Under-20 Championships

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Athletics Kenya (AK) is impressed with the progress made by inferior athletes at the ongoing vacation camp.

The camps are aimed at preparing athletes for the World Under-20 tournament in Cali, Colombia.

AK President Jack Tuwei who was speaking in Kapsumbeiywo All4Running youth camp which is headed by former world

800m champion Janeth Jepkosgei, said he was impressed by the turnout of the youth in colorful camps.

“We have 26 camps across the country and we are happy because they are training well thanks to the government who have helped in funding them. As a federation we shall do our part and make sure we get some of the best from these camps,” Tuwei said.

Kenya will be seeking to retain the title for the younger team for the third time in a row in the tournament set for August after winning in Tampere, Finland in 2018 and again last time in Nairobi.

AK youth head trainer Robert Ngiserei said the early medication will enable the country to present a strong platoon across the all events.

“At the Youth Sub Committee, we have embraced this program as it will help us improve more on the development of talent which will ensure our country remains as an athletics powerhouse,” Ngiserei said.

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