By AYUMBA AYODIMore by this AuthorOlympic 5,000m silver medallist Hellen Obiri has thrown down the gauntlet ahead of her title defence at the Kenya Defence Forces Athletics Championships that start on Tuesday at the Nyayo National Stadium. Obiri went on the win silver at the in Olympics before winning the KDF Cross Country Championships in January this year. Obiri’s rivals Jepkosgei and Chepkirui won medals at the Africa Championships in September last year in Durban, South Africa. While Jepkosgei won bronze in 10,000m, Chepkirui went for 5,000m gold, six months after having won silver at the Africa Cross Country in Cameroon. Olympic 400m hurdles silver medallist Boniface Mucheru, who is also the Africa champion, will battle Julius Rotich among others in the hurdles race heats.

Source: Daily Nation May 08, 2017 18:14 UTC