Ambitious Manangoi lines up Beijing Worlds in his crosshairs

1500m runner Elijah Manangoi during his training session at Kasarani.photo/DENNIS OKEYO

Elijah Manangoi sparked off a butt of jokes when he switched from 400m to 1,500m – before the 20th Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, in July.

He made the obtuse thought two weeks to the national track trials, which is always billed ‘mini-World Championships’.