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Koros sets sights higher after double victory at KDF meet

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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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