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Koros sets sights higher after double victory at KDF meet

Kahawa Barack's Collins Koros wins 10KM men category at 2021 KDF Track and Field Championship at Nyayo National Stadium on. May 17, 2021. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

Just a year after switching events from middle to distance running, Kahawa Barracks’ Collins Koros claimed the 10000m and 5000m races respectively as curtains fell on the three-day Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) Athletics Championships at Nyayo Stadium yesterday.

Koros capitalised on the absence of pre-race favourite Kibiwott Kandie to claim men’s 10,000m race on day one before winning men’s 5000m yesterday ahead of the national Olympics trials slated for June 17-19 at Kasarani Stadium. 

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