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Kenya’s Kamworor to focus on Diamond League challenge
Nairobi, March 28 (IANS) World Half Marathon champion Geoffrey Kamworor will now target winning the IAAF Diamond League meeting, which starts in Doha on May 4.
Last year, the Kenyan waived all marathon commitments to focus on the World Championships and will also use similar plans as he seeks to improve his timing in the 5,000m and 10,000m races, which he will contest during the premier track and field competition, reports Xinhua news agency.
Kamworor, the 2015 Beijing 10,000m silver medallist, said he intends to run a fast time and boost his speed before returning to New York in November to defend the marathon title.
“I have no intentions to run any marathon in the next three months. I want to use this season’s Diamond League Series to clock faster times which will help in speed work. The idea is to clock fast time and secure qualification to the 2019 World Championships in Doha,” Kamworor told Xinhua on Wednesday in Nairobi.
Kenya has a rich reservoir in the long distance races, and Kamworor is not naive about the scale of the challenge ahead. “When I go back to training, I will be concentrating on track events in 5,000m and 10,000m,” he said.
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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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