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London 2012: Kenya looking to bag 12 gold medals in track events
There are strong Kenyan gold medal hopes in most of the other middle and long distance events, not least Vivian Cheruiyot who will be bidding to match the 5,000-10,000m double she achieved at last year’s world championships.
The coach said training back in Kenya had been better preparation for the Games than had they succumbed to demands by officials to go to Bristol for a pre-Olympic camp.
“Even right now, we have some of our athletes training in Kenya. They will come after a week when they are fully fit for the Games,” he said.
Six male athletes, three marathon runners training at altitude and three 5,000m runners preparing in Nairobi, remain in Kenya.
The athletics programme starts on Friday at the Olympic Stadium and ends on August 12 with the men’s marathon, in which Kenya’s London marathon champion William Kipsang is one of the favourites for gold.
