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Uganda: Kipsiro, Chepkirwok Take Warm Up to Qatar
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New Vision (Kampala)
7 May 2008
Posted to the web 8 May 2008
Norman Katende
Kampala
WORLD 5000m bronze medalist, Moses Kipsiro will face off with Kenensia Bekele in tomorrow's Qatar Super Grand Prix in Doha.
Also on the track will be world 800m fourth place finisher Abraham Chepkirwok against upcoming Sudanese star Abubaker Kaki Khamis, as the two start their build up for the Beijing Olympic Games in August. The Ugandans are already in Qatar.
The duo, who skipped the Africa Athletics Championships that concluded in Addis Ababa Sunday, are among the elite athletes that will take part in the season's opening race on the super fast track.
Kipsiro will compete in the 3000m event, while Chepkirwok will go for his traditional 800m. The two have already qualified for the Olympics but want to improve their times ahead of the games. Kipsiro, who holds the national 3000m record at 7:32.03, will be working on his speed in an anticipated fast-paced race. Race has attracted world 10000m champion Bekele and and renowned Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie, former world champion Eliud Kipchoge, Isaac Songok, Abraham Chebii, Augustine Choge, Tariku Bekele and Joseph Ebuya.
Chepkirwok will take on World Indoor Champion Khamis, World Champion Alfred Kirwa Yego and countryman Wilfred Bungei, Belal Mansour Ali of Bahrain and Latvia's Dmitris Milkevics.
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