The long waited virtual Nairobi “Impossible Games’ will be taking place on Thursday night at Nairobi’s Nyayo National stadium and Norway.
The race involving Kenyan and Norway brothers will take on Thursday night where Kenya’s Commonwealth Games 1,500m champion Elijah Manangoi, world 1,500m champion Timothy Cheruiyot, Africa under 18 1,500m winner Vincent Keter, Timothy Sein and 800m runner Daniel Melli will be taking on Ingebrigtsen brothers Jakob, Filip and Henrik.
The race will be live on a split-screen at 9:40pm in Kenya where Athletics Kenya has identified the officials who will be providing all the technical support during the race to meet international standards.
The race will be named ‘The Maurie Plant Memorial’ in honour of the former agent, team manager and BBC broadcaster who died in January.
Each of the two teams will start with five runners and finish with three. The squad with the best overall time for their three runners will win the 2,000m race.