[Photo, Stafford Ondego, Standard]Former World Javelin champion Julius Yego has promised to improve his performance at the Tokyo Olympic Games that will officially kick off on July 24. “For me, it is the elusive Olympic gold medal. But Yego, who is one of the few Kenyans with a medal prospect in the field events, in Tokyo, now believes that he can dethrone the 2016 Olympic Champion and 2018 European Champion Thomas Rowler. Having won the 2015 World Championships in Beijing’s Birds Nest stadium, he feels this is the time to claim the elusive Olympic gold medal. “We need to be more serious and more so into these field events.

Source: Standard Digital May 13, 2021 15:56 UTC