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Kumari Taki outshines Kipruto in Diamond League trials

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World Junior 1500m champion Kumari Taki upon arrival at JKIA, Nairobi from IAAF World Junior Championship in Bydgoszcz, Poland on July 2016. [PHOTO: DENNIS OKEYO/STANDARD]

Finally, the wait is over. Kenyan athletes can now breathe easy –after European Union gave them Schengen visas.

The squad, comprising 11 athletes, will undergo the final Covid-19 tests today before heading for the Diamond League meeting in Monaco set for Friday next week.

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