By CHRIS MUSUMBATwo-time World marathon champion Catherine Ndereba will put her swollen toe on the line when she leads Central Province in Friday’s Kenya Prisons Athletics Championships at Nyayo National Stadium.
Ndereba, whose hopes of defending her marathon title at the World Championship in Berlin in August is in doubt, said her toe has improved and that she is capable of running again. The seventh-place finisher at the London Marathon said she will go to the US for specialised treatment after the Prisons event.
“I want to run here and see how it (toe) will do. It was a major concern for me in London where it flared up, but I look forward to a good race tomorrow,” she said on Thursday.
The 10,000m race, in which Ndereba will be competing, has also attracted a galaxy of stars. Former New York Marathon champion Margaret Okayo, reigning Boston Marathon champion Salina Kosgei, Singapore Marathon winner Edith Masai, Susan Chepkemei, and Caroline Kwambai will compete in the long distance race. Ndereba however said it is only after the doctor’s review that she will confirm her slot in the Kenya team to Berlin where she would be a reserve athlete.
The Prisons championship comes a week after their colleagues in the Armed Forces held theirs at Kasarani. Reigning national champions Kenya Police, who boast the best talent in the country, will hold their event next week.
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