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Will Kenya dance to the top once again in Budapest?

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Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot of Kenya celebrates winning the women's 10,000 metres final during the 15th IAAF World Championships at the National Stadium in Beijing, China.[FILE]

Flip through athletics journals or even check out on the sports' statistics on the internet and you are taken on a mental flight back to Kenya, where the nation sits second on the medal standings at the World Athletics Championships charts.

It now remains to be seen if these athletic machines will continue their impressive shows at the 19th World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, on August 19-27.

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