Reigning All Africa Games 1,500m gold medallist Qualine Kiprop has described the Absa Kip Keino Classic Continental Gold Tour as timely as she intensifies her training ahead of World Championships in Budapest, Hungary in August.
Kiprop said she will be using the Absa Kip Keino Classic Continental Gold Tour as a build-up for the World Athletics Championships in Budapest.
Kiprop, who has been training in Ravine, Baringo County, is set to launch her quest to represent the country at the World Championships.
Kiprop said her focus is very much on Budapest as she seeks to represent the country at the global show for the first time.
She said she missed an opportunity to compete in the 2019 world event when she failed to make the cut at the national trials.
“My training has been good here and I want to try my best to ensure I win at the Kip Keino Classic ahead of the World Championships,” said Kiprop.
Last year, she also failed to represent the country at the World Championships in Eugene, Oregon after opting to join Kenya Defence Forces. Kiprop also missed last year's Kip Keino Classic because she was in KDF training.
Kiprop will be competing in the 5,000m instead of her 1500m specialty during at Kip Keino Classic to test her endurance ahead of Budapest.
So far, she has competed in the Athletics Kenya weekend meeting in Nairobi and Kisii. After the world championships, Kiprop will be aiming to retain her Africa Games title in Accra, Ghana next year.
