American sprint sensation Sha’Carri Richardson is among the athletics stars who jetted into the country on Monday morning for the fourth edition of Absa Kip Keino Classic Continental Gold Tour slated for this Saturday at Moi Stadium, Kasarani.
The sixth fastest woman in the world is hopeful to replicate her stellar performance in Doha, Qatar on Friday, where she claimed a big international victory by winning the Diamond League season opener. Richardson won the women’s 100m race in a time of 10.76 seconds, the fastest time in the world this year.
She is eager to replicate the same feat at the Kip Keino Classic, where she is likely to battle double Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica who will be out for a three-peat in the category.
Richardson arrived at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) on Monday morning alongside other world-beating stars.
She was accompanied by her coach Dennis Mitchell, a former 4x 100m Olympic and world champion.
Other stars who arrived with Richardson for the event are world javelin champion Andersen Peters of Grenada, 4x100m relay world champion Jerome Blake (Canada), double Olympic 4x100m medalist Aaron Brown (Canada) and 4x100m world champion Terry ‘Tee Tee’ Twanisha (USA).
Others are Olympic 4x100m silver medalist Teahna Daniels (USA), the 2015 Pan American Games 200m silver medalist Kyra Jefferson (USA), North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association 4x100m relay champion Kyree King and 200m Olympic silver medalist Kenny Bednarek. Former European women’s 1,500m champion Angelika Cichocka was the first foreign athlete to arrive in the country on Sunday morning.
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