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Chege wants to change the 200m Kenyan narrative by running sub-20 seconds next season.
National 200m champion Samuel Chege is optimistic of breaking the national record in his specialty as his ambition of becoming an iconic sprinter gathers pace.
The budding athlete, who idolises Nigerian sprinter Alaba Akantola said that he wants to change the narrative of the 200m by running sub-20 seconds next season, if his current training strategy is any barometer.
Chege is channeling his disappointment to propel him to hit dizzying heights especially after missing out on the Paris Olympics and the World Relays in Bahamas.
"My training is totally different from what I am used to doing,” he revealed to Sports Eye Sports. “At the moment, I am doing 400m so that I get a lot of fuel to propel me in 200m.
"Working a lot on the curve will help me save some seconds that I have been losing. Most of my seconds get lost in the curve. You see, sprinters like Letsile Tebogo are so good on the curve because he uses 19.7 seconds as opposed to 21.6 that I do, so in order to close that gap I have to improve on this particular aspect," Chege told Sports Eye.
"Until I break the national record or run sub-20, that's when I will celebrate because 21.6 is not an achievement for me. My coach tells me if I have to break the 20 seconds barrier then I have to stretch myself to the limit. To change the narrative of 200m, my supporters should expect me to post good times next season.”
Chege finished eighth in 200m in the African Games held in Ghana, March and managed the same position with the 4x100m relay team. He said training with Africa's fastest man Ferdinand Omanyala has taught him discipline and resilience as he remains focused on next year's World Relays.
"He (Omanyala) is on another level. I watch him a lot. He sleeps early and wakes up early as well. How he handles his training and workout is just awesome. He has pulled me in terms of speed and how to get from the block."
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