By ELIAS MAKORI More by this AuthorOrganisers of September’s Kip Keino Classic are pulling out all stops to ensure Nairobi’s leg of the World Athletics Continental Tour runs seamlessly despite the global challenges visited by the coronavirus pandemic. “Ethiopia continues to support preparations for the Nairobi Continental Tour meeting. At the Nyayo National Stadium, PS Okudo assured the meeting’s local organising committee, headed by Athletics Kenya President Jack Tuwei, that the government was taking the competition seriously and would ensure its funding and preparations are spot on. “We have the support of His Excellency the President who wants to see us hosting a successful championship, and that’s why he has been personally visiting the Nyayo National Stadium to inspect progress of renovation works,” Okudo said. The newly-launched Continental Tour starts on August 11 with the Paavo Nurmi Games in Turku, Finland, before the Istvan Gyulai Memorial in Szekesfehervar, Hungary, on August 19.

Source: Daily Nation July 29, 2020 03:11 UTC