With wildcard for London, David Rudisha will not participate in Kenyan Trials

NAIROBI (KEN): Olympic and World 800m champion David Rudisha has withdrawn from the World Championships trials starting Friday at the Nyayo National Stadium while World Half Marathon silver medallist Bedan Karoki has thrown down the gauntlet to rivals in men’s 10 000 m. At the same time, Athletics Kenya will give sprinters more time to qualify even after the trials. “I will be present at the trials but will watch from the terraces since I already have a wild card,” said Rudisha, who is set to return from Germany on Thursday where he has been training. “What is important is that I have that ticket and I want to be in top form in London,” said Rudisha who will next compete in Ostrava 1000 m on Wednesday. Karoki, who represented Kenya in 10 000 m at the 2013 Moscow and 2015 Beijing, finishing sixth and fourth, is hoping for a good race against World 10 000 m silver medallist Geoffrey Kamworor and Olympic 10 000 m silver medallist Paul Tanui.