It was a major setback early this morning when Commonwealth gold medalist winner Julius Yego failed to proceed past the qualification stages of the Javelin throw. The 2016 silver medalists at the Rio Olympics had a third throw of 77.34M. Unfortunately the throw wasn't good enough to have Yego proceed to the finals.
In his first 2 attempts, Yego failed to register a legal throw. This therefore went on to build more pressure on the Kenyan as he tried his best to get a last single throw that could hit the qualification mark (83.50M). The Kenyan dubbed 'Mr YouTube' went on to explain his not so good performances, teeming it as disappointment due to a lingering injury. "I'm happy I competed at all today because I have a biceps injury which has really been disturbing me and yesterday I didn't know whether I would compete at all," said Yego.
Yego, who has had a troubled season plagued by injuries, withdrew as Team Kenya's overall captain just before the Tokyo Games, citing frustrations from the officials after they failed to let him train under his coach at the team's Kasarani bubble.
"It's unfortunate I didn't have a coach to correct me and that's why the first two throws went off! You could see the other competitors were being corrected by their coaches. In javelin a coach is very important, but when I raise these issues they say I'm fighting the administration. I will wait to see what my doctor says, but it's the end of the season and I will take some rest. I haven't competed all season and I've been out for long. My first competition was the trials. It's been difficult, that's why I say I'm even lucky to have competed here at all." Added Yego
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