Brigid Kosgei to miss Paris Olympics due to injury
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FILE PHOTO: Brigid Kosgei of Kenya crosses the line to win the women's elite race at the Tokyo Marathon 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, March 6, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool
Olympic silver medalist
Brigid Kosgei will miss this year’s Paris 2024 Olympic Games due to injury.
According to the National
Olympics Committee of Kenya (NOC-K), Kosgei will be replaced by Sharon Lokedi.
The verdict on the
30-year-old was reached after “one of the regular monitoring sessions in which
the Olympic silver medalist expressed an injury concern to the technical team,”
read a statement by NOC-K in part.
“The Kenya Marathon team
heading to the Olympic games in Paris has been training for slightly over two
months, and the athletes continue to receive financial support and technical
support.
“Upon a review by the medical
team led by the Chief Medical Officer Dr. Ondiege, Kosgei will not be heading
to Paris for her second Olympics.
“Following the development,
Sharon Lokedi, who was named to the reserve team, will now join defending
Champion Peres Jepchirchir and Hellen Obiri to fly Kenya’s flag in Paris.
“The National Olympics
committee would like to thank Brigid for the time she spent in training under
the Team Kenya Umbrella and will continue supporting her throughout the season.”
Kosgei’s glittering road
running career has seen her win the 2018 and 2019 Chicago Marathons, the 2019
and 2020 London Marathons, as well as the 2021 Tokyo Marathon.
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