Grenada’s world javelin champion, Anderson Peters, and American sprinter, Sha’Carri Richardson, have arrived in Kenya for the Absa Kip Keino Classic at Kasarani on Saturday.
Peters, who has never been to Africa before, is looking forward to a great competition with his good friend, Julius Yego, the 2015 world javelin champion, and hopes to learn more about Kenyan culture during his stay.
Richardson, on the other hand, avoided press interviews and cameras, occasionally hiding behind her mask and hands. Other athletes who arrived in Kenya for the event include Kenneth Bednarek, the 2020 Tokyo and 2022 world 200m silver medallist from the USA, Aaron Brown and Jerome Blake, the Canadian world 4x100m champions, Terry “Tee Tee” Twanisha, the world 4x100m gold medallist, and Teahna Daniels, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics 4x100m silver medallist, all from the USA.
In Doha, Peters finished third with a season’s best of 85.88m, while Richardson won the 100m in a world-leading 10.76, taking 0.04 off the meeting record set in 2016 by the late Tori Bowie.
Shericka Jackson of Jamaica, the world 200m champion, and Britain’s Dina Asher-Smith finished second and third in the same race with times of 10.85 and 10.98, respectively.
