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After Riga show, action now shifts to 2024 Paris Olympic Games in earnest

Athletics

By Jonathan Komen | Oct 03, 2023

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**Sabastian Sawe after winning men's half marathon in Riga, Latvia.** [World Athletics]

Kenya team arrived from the successful Riga sojourn last night with heads held high after the historic feat in distance races at the inaugural World Athletics Road Running Championships in Riga, Latvia, on Sunday.

The team, which topped the medal standings with 12 medals -five gold, three silver and four bronze -set a perfect stage for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. It was a competition where Kenya claimed half the total medals on offer in the Latvian capital.

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