Kenyans must brace themselves for tough battles in middle and long distance races at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from August 5-21. He will marshal forces with world silver medallist Caleb Mwangangi and Joseph Yosei. From Botswana’s Olympic 800m silver medallist Nijel Amos and South Africa’s prodigy Caster Semenya, to Britain’s double Olympic champion Mo Farah, Kenyans certainly have a mountain to climb in Rio. And Olympics 3,000m steeplechase champion Habiba Ghribi of Tunisia has fired warning shots to world champions Hyvin Kiyeng’, Beatrice Chepkoech and Lydiah Rotich Chebet ahead of the Rio Games. And after months of debate on whether they can stop the Briton at the Samba nation bonanza, Farah seems ready for the opposition.

Source: Standard Digital July 24, 2016 21:10 UTC