{"id":463663,"date":"2011-07-19T05:35:27","date_gmt":"2011-07-19T05:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/19\/kenya-relief-as-chepseba-is-granted-a-wild-card\/"},"modified":"2011-07-19T05:35:27","modified_gmt":"2011-07-19T05:35:27","slug":"kenya-relief-as-chepseba-is-granted-a-wild-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/19\/kenya-relief-as-chepseba-is-granted-a-wild-card\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya: Relief As Chepseba is Granted a Wild Card"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"34.9718309859\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nairobistar.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nairobi Star<\/a> (Nairobi)<\/p>\n<p>William Njuguna<\/p>\n<p>18 July 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Nixon Chepseba expressed relief after being handed a wild card in the men&#8217;s 1,500m event for the world athletic championships in Daegu next month. Chepseba was boxed out in a tight race that saw Silas Kiplagat win the race ahead of Olympic champion Asbel Kiprop with Daniel Kipchirchir Komen coming home third. &#8220;I crossed my fingers and hoped I would be selected and my prayers were answered,&#8221; Chepseba said.<\/p>\n<p>Chepseba who has the fastest time in the world this year at 3:31.42 set in Shanghai was on the inner lane and was boxed in in traffic at the crucial sprint stage and said. He said he had learnt his lesson. &#8220;I must plan well and train harder to win the gold medal in Korea,&#8221; he noted.<\/p>\n<p>Chepseba crossed the line fifth clocking 3:33.96 in a pulsating race which brought the crowd to its feet.<\/p>\n<p>Chepseba described the trials as the toughest he has ever had to run in his career. &#8220;This was arguably one of the most difficult races I have ever had to run in my life. A wrong move can cost you,&#8221; he said. He feels the team is strong and is confident of medals in Daegu. &#8220;We have strong team. Myself, Kiprop and Kiplagat will work as a team to ensure we bring glory to the country,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Chepseba feels Kenyan-born American Bernard Lagat will be the biggest threat followed by Ethiopian Mekonnen Gebremedhin and Moroccan Amin Lalou. &#8220;We have a competitive field in the 1,500m. Its important we have teamwork. If you look at the top guys, most have clocked 3:31 so it&#8217;s going to be a tough race,&#8221; Chepseba said.<\/p>\n<p>Race winner Silas Kiplagat says he felt Kiprop was struggling in the final few metres and that encouraged him to go flat out. &#8220;I knew if it came to the last 100m I could outkick Asbel and that&#8217;s what I did,&#8221; Kiplagat said.<\/p>\n<p>Kiplagat who has had a patchy season said he saved his best for the trials.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>See more here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201107190011.html\" title=\"Kenya: Relief As Chepseba is Granted a Wild Card\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kenya: Relief As Chepseba is Granted a Wild Card<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Nairobi Star (Nairobi) William Njuguna 18 July 2011 Nixon Chepseba expressed relief after being handed a wild card in the men&#8217;s 1,500m event for the world athletic championships in Daegu next month. Chepseba was boxed out in a tight race that saw Silas Kiplagat win the race ahead of Olympic champion Asbel Kiprop with Daniel Kipchirchir Komen coming home third. &#8220;I crossed my fingers and hoped I would be selected and my prayers were answered,&#8221; Chepseba said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-463663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kenya: Relief As Chepseba is Granted a Wild Card - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/19\/kenya-relief-as-chepseba-is-granted-a-wild-card\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Kenya: Relief As Chepseba is Granted a Wild Card - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Nairobi Star (Nairobi) William Njuguna 18 July 2011 Nixon Chepseba expressed relief after being handed a wild card in the men&#039;s 1,500m event for the world athletic championships in Daegu next month. 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