LIST: 3 Kenyan athletes who switched allegiance to USA & will be in action at the USATF Olympic trials

LIST: 3 Kenyan athletes who switched allegiance to USA & will be in action at the USATF Olympic trials

Abigael Wafula 21:30 - 20.06.2024

The trio with Kenyan roots will be hoping to impress at the US trials and don the American jersey at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

The USATF Olympic trials will be coming up on Friday, June 21, having attracted very strong fields for each discipline with only the top three having a chance to make it to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Some of the Kenyans who switched their allegiance will also be in the mix, hoping to don the American jersey in the city of love and it will just a matter of who blinks first.

The marathon trials saw Leonard Korir make the cut to the team and he will be representing the USA for the first time in the marathon after competing in the marathon at the Rio Olympics. As the trials for track and field start on Friday, three steeplechasers will toe the line with the hope of impressing one more time.

Hillary Bor is one of the headliners of the field and he will be looking to represent the US once again after representing them in the World Championships and Olympic Games. Bor will be competing in the steeplechase, ready to upset his competitors and head to Paris to improve on his sixth-place finish at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.

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Bor has been off to a mixed start to his season in the steeplechase, finishing sixth and seventh respectively in the Diamond League Meeting in Rabat and the Diamond League Meeting in Stockholm.

Another Kenyan athlete who switched allegiance is Anthony Rotich, who will be keen to make an impact this time around and make his debut at the Olympic Games. Rotich started his season at the Track Fest, finishing second in the race before finishing third at the Portland Track Festival.

Bernard Keter has also been included in the start list, and he will also be looking to make his debut at the Olympic Games if all goes well. Just like Rotich, Keter works for the US Army and making the team will earn him a lot of respect and he will also be able to lead as an example.

Keter won his season opener at the Bryan Clay Invitational before finishing 12th at the USATF Los Angeles Grand Prix before finishing fifth at the Portland Track Festival.