AK settle for Rhonex Kipruto as Kamworor replacement in Olympics team

Rhonex Kipruto will replace Geoffrey Kamworor, who pulled out of the Games Thursday due to injury, in Kenya’s 10,000m team.

Athletics Kenya is working on the due process to have Rhonex, who was part of the leading pack during the national trials alongside Kamworor and Rodgers Kwemoi before pulling out of the race with five laps remaining, get accredited for the Tokyo Games.

“We are working with World Athletics to see whether we can have him replace Kamworor. We have sent all the necessary documentation because he had attained the qualification time. We have also sent documents to the AIU (Athletics Integrity Unit) to ensure he has passed the strict rules,” Team Kenya General Manager Barnaba Korir, was quoted by Capital Sport.

“We are in constant communication so hopefully it should be sorted out soon. We want him to travel to Japan as soon as possible.”

AK hopes to have Korir secure his travel to Japan by Monday next week, ahead of the finals of the race scheduled for Friday.

Team Kenya athletics squad will jet out of the country Friday night.