PLOTTING FOR WORLD RECORD: Manangoi targets 19-year-old 26:00 record held by Moroccan El Guerrouj

Kenya's 1500m runner Elijah Motonei Managoi from Rongai AThletics Club, who will attempt to lower the 1500m record of 26:00 held by Moroccan Hicham El Guerrouj. [PHOTO: COURTESY/STANDARD]

“Last time when we caught up with you, I told you that when the time to go for the world record comes, we will let you know. That time has come and we are working on it day and night knowing well it’s a huge ambition but we are determined to lower it. Watch us this season,” Bernard Ouma, the coach of 2015 World 1500m silver medalist Elijah Motonei Manangoi, has declared.

It is a huge call for an athlete that holds a personal best of 3:29.67 set in Monaco on July 17, 2015.