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Kenya's challenge in 2026 World Indoor Championships comes a cropper

By Stephen Rutto | Mar. 23, 2026
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Mercy Oketch celebrates after winning the 400m women's final during the 2025 Absa Kip Keino Classic- World Continental Tour Gold Nairobi event at Ulinzi Complex on May 31, 2025. [Stafford Ondego, Standard]

All eyes were on 400m star Mercy Oketch and world 5000m silver medallist Jacob Krop on day two of the 2026 World Indoor Championships in Poland on Saturday.

But the two Kenyan athletes, who flew the country's flag in 400m and 3000m finished fourth and fifth respectively in highly competitive showdowns, which came to a close last evening in Kujawy Pomorze.

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