Olympic Games 800m champion Emmanuel Korir leads the Kenyan field to Brussels Diamond League on Friday.
Korir has had a mixed season despite winning the world 800m title in Oregon. He has a personal best time of 1:42:05, which he ran during the 2018 London Müller Anniversary Games.
However, Korir did not have an easy time during the Monaco meeting, finishing 12th at 2:18:19.
The two-time Diamond League Final winner will be in the company of Kenyan compatriot Ferguson Rotich.
Rotich has a personal best time of 1:42:54 which he ran in Monaco in 2018. He is the Olympics 800m silver medalist, a title he won in Tokyo.
The two Kenyans will have a hard time due to the stiff competition, which awaits them in Brussels. They will have the world 1,500m champion, Jake Wightman, to contend with in the two-lap race.
The Briton has had a stellar performance this season winning 1,500m gold at the World Championships in Oregon and silver in the same specialty at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
He also bagged silver in the 800m at the just concluded European Championships. He has a personal best time of 1:44:18 in 800m which he ran in Ostrava in 2020.
World 800m silver medalist Canadian Marco Arop will also be in the mix as he seeks to spoil Kenya's party. The Canadian, who has a personal best time of 1:43:26, placed second in 1000m in 2:14.35 during the Monaco meeting.
Algeria’s Djamel Sedjati will be another threat going by his silver medal feat at the World Championships in Oregon. Sedjati, who has a personal best time of 1:43:69, is ranked position 15 in the men’s 800m.
European 800m champion Mariano Garcia will also be in the race, hoping to build upon his successful outing at the European Championships. The Spaniard has a personal best time of 1:44:85.
