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Kenya's Elias Ng’eno thrills crowd with good show in trials

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Elias Ng’eno celebrates winning the 800M final during the Athletics Kenya Pre-Trials for Olympics at Nyayo National stadium in Nairobi on May 29, 2021. [Stafford Ondego, The Standard]

Elias Ng’eno, an athlete based at Global Sports Communication camp in Kaptagat, thrilled the small crowd in Nyayo Stadium yesterday as he produced a good show at the Athletics Kenya pre-Olympic trials.

Ng’eno ran a brilliant 1:43.84 in men’s 800m contest to qualify for Tokyo Olympic Games. Hillary Biwot (1:44.80), Noah Kibet (1:45.11) and Edwin Melly (1:45.51) followed. 

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