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Javelin champion Yego eyes maiden Olympic gold in Tokyo

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Julius Yego competes in the Javelin final during the National Athletics Championships 2019 at Nyayo National stadium in Nairobi on August 22, 2019. [Photo, Stafford Ondego, Standard]

Former World Javelin champion Julius Yego has promised to improve his performance at the Tokyo Olympic Games that will officially kick off on July 24.

The Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) sergeant, who won a silver medal in 2016 in Brazil with his first and only throw after picking an injury in the first round, says he is going for nothing of a gold medal in Japan.

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