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Kenya’s Kamworor to skip CWG, eyes World Half marathon
Nairobi, Jan 15 (IANS) New York marathon champion Geoffrey Kamworor of Kenya has ruled himself out of the Commonwealth Games, saying he will only focus on running at the World Half Marathon Championships in Valencia, Spain, on March 24.
Kamworor, who won the Kenya Police championships in Nairobi on Sunday, said he has no intentions of running at the Africa Cross Country Championships in Chlef, Algeria, reports Xinhua news agency.
“I was keen to win the police cross country competition for my team. Now the focus shifts to World Half marathon. It gives me a good leverage ahead of my title defence in Valencia,” said Kamworor on Sunday.
The reigning New York City Marathon champion won the World Half Marathon title in 2014 Copenhagen and 2016 Cardiff.
“I will only defend World Half Marathon and New York City Marathon titles this year,” added Kamworor.
With no Ethiopians and Arab athletes in the Commonwealth Games, Kenya should have an easy walk through the pack in the long distance races.
This year’s Commonwealth Games will be held in Gold Coast, Australia from April 4-15.
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The left-handed batsman from Haryana is garnering praise from all quarters for the way he’s finishing games regularly in the most exciting IPL season.
Gavaskar reckons Tewatia’s whirlwind knock in Sharjah (in IPL 2020) where he smashed West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over, gave him the confidence that he belongs to the big stage.
Speaking on Cricket Live on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “That assault on Sheldon Cottrell in Sharjah gave him the belief to do the impossible and the confidence that he belongs here. We saw the impossible (he did with the bat) the other day as well. There’s no twitching or touching the pads (which shows a batter’s nervousness) when he bats in the death overs. He just waits for the ball to be delivered and plays his shots. He’s got all the shots in the book, but most importantly his temperament to stay cool in a crisis is brilliant.”
Gavaskar has also nicknamed the 28-year-old cricketer the ‘ice-man’ and lauded Tewatia’s ability to remain unruffled during the tense moments.
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