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Raila Odinga cheers with Kenyan team for 2021 Kenya Olympic Track and Field Trials ODM Chief Raila Odinga addresses Kenyan athletes at 2021 Kenya Olympic Track and Field Trials [PHOTO COURTESY] ODM Chief Raila Odinga joined the team on Saturday to enjoy the Kenyan team model with the 2021 Kenya test at Moi International Sports Center-Kasarani. The test is the third and final day of the competition as world-renowned athletes compete for the top spot to reach the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Kenya has fielded its team for the Tokyo Olympics with more than 40 athletes, including world champion Hellen.  안전놀이터

Kenyan team plans to fly to Japan on July 5 to set up camp at Kurume for the Games which will start on July 23. Raila, who is the main guest of the National Trials at Kasarani Stadium, urged the athletes to continue to cheer Kenyans by thanking the Japanese government for hosting the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. "I would like to thank our qualified athletes for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and I would also like to thank the efforts of the Japanese government to support the Olympic Games among the 19-year-olds," he told the athletes. "As for other sports, other countries are doing better than us (Kenya) but when it comes to the Olympics, the African continent is looking at Kenya and Ethiopia to represent them. We are sure you He also encouraged athletes to follow in the footsteps of Kenyan athletes. "Kenya's first Olympic gold medalist was in Tokyo, Wilson Kiprugut and 800m, the first Kenyan to win gold in the 10,000m is Naftali Temu, but this time we cannot wait to see Geoffrey Kamworor as Naftali Temu did 53 years ago.Hellen Obiri from KDF, winner of the 10,000m women's at the National Trials for the Tokyo Olympics at Moi International Sports Stadium, Kasarani, June 19, 2021. [Jonah Onyango, Standard] “In the race, Kenya was not there but in the 1964 Tokyo tournament, Seraphino Antao and John Owiti represented Kenya. In 1996 in Atlanta, Kenya he was replaced by Kennedy Ochieng. "Today we have Ferdinand Omanyala alongside Mark Otieno who will represent Kenya at the 100m at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games." We have Eliud Kipchoge and Bridget Kosgei, world marathon recorders, who will also represent us at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. He also paid tribute to mountain women such as Susan Sirma, Catherine Ndereba, Tegla Chepkite Loroupe and Pamela Jelimo. "Wishing us well for the qualifiers at the Tokyo Olympics 2020. They will be back with a score," he added.