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Wiseman Were, the 400m hurdles sensation, feels 2025 will be the year he delivers a medal for Kenya after learning vital lessons from his semi-final exit at Paris 2024 Olympics.
Kenya’s 400m hurdles sensation Wiseman Were is now targeting a medal at the 2025 World Championships after exiting the Paris Olympics at the semi-final.
Were started his Olympics well when he qualified for the semis after a fifth place finish in his first round heat but the going got tough when it mattered most as he failed to make it to the final.
Were clocked 49.22 seconds for another fifth place in the semi-final but that was enough as only the top two plus the two fastest losers qualified.
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Paris 2024 Olympics: Wiseman Were reveals advantage Rai Benjamin, Karsten Warholm & Co. have over him
Wiseman Were has revealed why the likes of Karsten Warholm, Rai Benjamin and Alison Dos Santos had an advantage over him at the Paris Olympics.
However, Were is grateful that he learned vital lessons at the Olympics which he will use to prepare for next year’s World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.
“As a hurdler, getting that competition was good because you know what times you need to run to get to the next level,” Were told the press after arriving from Paris.
“So, it was something to push because I believe in myself and I had good preparations so I got to the semis and I know the next World Championships we are going to the final and we are going to get something.
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Wiseman Were missed the Olympic 400m hurdles final in a race where U.S. also underperformed in a typically strong event.
“I learnt a lot because I know you need to trust in yourself, work hard and change whatever you were doing to get to the next level because there is still a lot of work to put in place.”
It was the first Olympics Games for the 2022 Africa bronze medallist who has a personal best of 48.52 seconds recorded at Nyayo Stadium in June 2023.
Were was bidding to emulate the late Nicholas Bett who won a gold medal in the 400m hurdles at the 2015 World Championships but his dream was dashed.
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The 26-year-old, however, feels it is a dream deferred and will be back for more in 2025 where his eyes are trained on the World Championships.
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