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It was a nightmare outing for all six Kenyan-born American runners at the US Olympics trials as none of them managed to secure a ticket to the Paris 2024 Games.
Kenyan-born runners who were seeking to represent the United States of America at the Paris 2024 Olympics all ended up empty-handed at the just-concluded trials.
At the weeklong trials that started on June 21 and ended on June 30, six Kenyan-born runners had signed up in a bid to represent their adopted country in various disciplines at the Paris Olympics.
However, none of them could finish among the first three to secure the coveted tickets.
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11:00 - 26.06.2024
How introducing a new technique at US trials cost Kenyan-born athlete Olympic ticket
Kenyan-born American steeplechaser Hillary Bor has explained how introducing a new technique at the trials cost him a slot to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Sam Chelanga and Paul Chelimo, Olympics bronze medallist in 5,000m, were the first to miss out on the first day of the trials when they finished seventh and 10th respectively in the men’s 10,000m race.
Grant Fisher, fifth at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, clinched first place in the race, followed by Woody Kincaid with Nico Young claiming the final ticket.
The story was the same for three Kenyan-born athletes in the men’s 3,000m steeplechase. Anthony Rotich, who had already hit the Olympic qualifying standard, could only manage eigth place, followed by Bernard Keter in ninth, while Hillary Bor was 13th in the final.
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20:15 - 05.06.2024
Relief for Kenyan-born American marathoner as he earns Olympics slot after late rule change
The 37-year-old Kenyan-born runner has benefited from a rule change and will finally represent Team USA at the Olympics after missing the 2020 Tokyo Games by three seconds.
Kenneth Rooks, Mathew Wilkinson and James Corrigan are the athletes who will be competing with Kenyan trio of Simon Koech, Amos Serem, and Abraham Kibiwott in the 3,000m steeplechase at the Olympics.
In the men’s 800m, Jonah Koech was the last man standing among the Kenyan-born contingent at the US trials heading into the final day on Sunday but he also met his waterloo.
Koech finished fifth in the final which was won by Bryce Hoppel, followed by Hobbs Kesler and Brandon Miller in second and third positions respectively.
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21:30 - 20.06.2024
LIST: 3 Kenyan athletes who switched allegiance to USA & will be in action at the USATF Olympic trials
The trio with Kenyan roots will be hoping to impress at the US trials and don the American jersey at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
It has been a horrible year for the Kenyan-born runners as only Leonard Korir managed to secure an Olympics slot after earning a late lifeline when qualification rules for the marathon were altered last month.
Korir had finished third at the marathon trials in February but had to wait for months to know his fate.
It was double disappointment for Chelimo who had also missed out on a place on the marathon team after dropping out of the race at the trials while Betsy Saina, Caroline Rotich and Elkanah Kibet also failed in their quest in February.
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20:48 - 05.02.2024
ATHLETICS Nightmare for Kenyan-born American marathoners as they all miss Olympics tickets for Team USA
Hopes of Kenyan-born American marathoners featuring at the Paris Olympics for the United States went up in smoke as they were all shown dust at the US Trials last weekend
A number of them such as Saina, Koech and Chelimo has pitched camp in Kenya to train for the Olympics trials but it was still not enough.
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