{"id":45916,"date":"2025-07-23T12:02:20","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T12:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailysport.co.ke\/?p=45916"},"modified":"2025-07-24T14:13:54","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T14:13:54","slug":"cherotich-cheruiyot-admit-on-pressuer-as-ak-names-58-athletes-for-world-championships-in-tokyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailysport.co.ke\/cherotich-cheruiyot-admit-on-pressuer-as-ak-names-58-athletes-for-world-championships-in-tokyo\/","title":{"rendered":"Cherotich, Cheruiyot admit on pressure as AK names 58 athletes for world Championships in Tokyo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Olympic Games 3,000m silver medalist Faith Cherotich and double world 1,500m champion Timothy Cheruiyot will lead team Kenya at this year\u2019s World Athletics Championships set for Tokyo, Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The duo are among the 58 athletes selected yesterday by Athletics Kenya during a rigorous National trials at the Ulinzi Sports Complex ahead of the global event set for September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_99729\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kTi5Lu1rZJE?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the federation, the top two finishers in each discipline earned an automatic ticket, provided they met the qualifying time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The World Championships is set for September 13-21, with Kenya looking to add to the 171 medals they have won in the history of the competition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Olympic Games 3,000m silver medalist Faith Cherotich and double world 1,500m champion Timothy Cheruiyot will lead team Kenya at this year\u2019s World Athletics Championships set for Tokyo, Japan. 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