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Under-20 talents to face off in battle for tickets to world event in Eugene

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Athletics Kenya (AK) Youth Development chairman Barnaba Korir during yesterday's press briefing at Nyayo Stadium. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

The World Under-20 national trials that kick off in Nairobi tomorrow are a battle for bragging rights among institutions that have dominated school games in recent years.

But the athletics giants are taking on each other outside the school games system, gunning for tickets to fly Kenyan colours at the 2026 World Under-20 Championships set for Eugene, Oregon, United States, from August 5-9.

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