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Low key World Championships selections at Nyayo Stadium

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Female athletes in action at the World Athletics Championship Trials at Nyayo Stadium on Thursday, Sept 12, 2019. [PHOTO: Jonah Onyango, Standard]

Confusion marked Day One of IAAF World Athletics Championships national trials at Nyayo Stadium.

From the onset, Athletics Kenya officials looked disorganised. The contest often billed as a mini-World Championships minus Ethiopians, emerged a low key event. Unlike previous years, the fans at the stadium were few. The oomph and colour that’s always experienced in these events is no more.

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