Kiprop dropped once again as UAF name team to Poland

Kiprop, who has struggled with injuries and poor form in the past two years, failed to impress the technical committee during a trial held in Kapchorwa at the weekend where the team is undergoing residential training.

Kampala

Senior men
Moses Kipsiro, James Kibet,
Geoffrey Kusuro, Martin Toroit
ich, Dickson Huru and Ben Siwa.
Junior men
Kibet Soyekwo, Moses Kibet,
Thomas Ayeko, Timothy Toroitich
and Alex Cherop
Junior women
Annet Negesa, Rebecca
Cheptengei, Viola Chemos, Mercy
Chelangat and Linet Chebet

For the second year running, Boniface Kiprop will not compete in the World Cross-country Championships. The former world junior 10,000m champion was at the weeekend omitted from the team heading to Poland for the World Cross-country due March 28.
Kiprop, who has struggled with injuries and poor form in the past two years, failed to impress the technical committee during a trial held in Kapchorwa at the weekend where the team is undergoing residential training.

The star dropped out of the 12km race at the national cross-country last month but was summoned to camp to prove himself. “He still needs more time to build up,” Uganda Athletics Federation (UAF) publicity secretary Namayo Mawerere told Daily Monitor yesterday. “We are still confident he can be fit for the Commonwealth Games due October.”

Martin Toroitich, Kiprop’s elder brother, who also missed the national cross-country, however, was named on the final team after excelling in training and the trial.

In Kiprop’s absence, Moses Kipsiro, a silver medallist at last year’s World Cross-country in Jordan, will lead the senior team in the hunt for glory. Uganda is sending a junior women’s team to the world event for the first time.