 Good afternoon and welcome back to the touch line on why to perform. My name is Maxwell Vasika. This time round I want to review what is happening in Budapest, Hungary as far as world athletics championship is concerned. Sofa Kenya has collected three medals, one gold, a silver and a bronze, and the medal hunt continues as we look forward doing what we've done best before in terms of stamping our authority and supremacy as an athletics powerhouse globally. John Vaseline, an athletics consultant, is joining me. Good to see you, bro. How are you doing, man? No, bad. Good afternoon, man. It's been a minute, right? Yeah, it's long, man. To do kwa pasti jimach. How you doing, man? Maka inasonga mbiosan. No, bad. Kame. But nashkoro mongoko hi. Yeah, we thank God. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. What do you make of, you know, the Budapest show sofa? Has it lived up to the feeling? According to what we had, we are good. We are totally good. I know people might question the caliber of athletics that we took to the championship, but championship is not like a diamond league. You know, diamond leagues are structured races. This one is not a structured race. This one is a race you go there as the way you are, you know. This is a national. They are not picking the best. You know, diamond league, they are picking a crop of the best. You are the best among the best. This one is a crop of the best. So, there is no structure here. It's all about tactics, all about how synchronized you have been. And to me, we are living as per our billing. And I know we will reap the five gold medals that we anticipate or our expectations were. And I'm still hanging on because now we have started. You know Kenya starts the very last time and this is the very last time. We just saw Kipiagon giving us the first gold. So, there are still four more gold medals that we are going to scope. I remember during the Tokyo Olympics in Japan, we started off badly just like you said. During the culmination of the championship, we collected a few medals here and there. Do you think the same will happen in Hungary this time around? Yeah, yeah, yeah. The heat is heating everyone. So, there is no favorizim. You know, this is a good race because everyone is being struck by the heat. And if you're not used to that, then you're going to get it the way it is. So, that's why you're seeing this a lot of exhaustion here. And I really fear for Sifan Hassani, especially for the race that is coming and she's going to face our fineness. The three times, three times one record hold and that is faith Kipiagon. And I know by the look of the race that happened yesterday, 5,000 meters, faith went there to study this young lady. And although she is a little bit older than faith, but now from the studying, faith knows exactly what to do. And I know come the finance, faith will destroy Sifan terribly. And faith has been making Kenyan proud on the international scene. Just a few months ago, she broke the records in both 1500 meters and 5,000 meters. And then one. She's a double Olympic champion and she has already won 1500 meters in Budapest. The performance continues. Yeah, yeah, yeah. The good show. She is a history book. Faith is somebody that people need now to study. You need to study faith. She has lived that long. Longevity is there. We have seen. And then again, it is all about discipline. She's a very disciplined young lady. And she's not in any forces. She's not a police officer. She's not an AP or anything. She's just one person who is determined, who is focused and purposed. And I think the management of the people running or controlling her, they are really top notch guys because she is coached by one of the finest coaches, as you know, Patrick Tsang, who coaches Elwood Kipchogi. And if we combine the two of them, I think now, as of now, I can tell you for free, faith is better than Elwood Kipchogi. You know, faith has risen through the ranks. She's grown tremendously to where she is, this particular point. I remember around 2016, Adnya in Uhuru Gardens. She was running barefooted. Exactly, Banna. She was very young. Very young, very naive. And I think she has remained the same person she's been before. Humility, simplicity, very simple. Just like you indicated, discipline characterizes her way of life and professional involvement. And I think that has also contributed immensely to her performance at this particular point. I think it's like a calling, you know, when you are called to do something and you love doing that thing. That's the same way you love doing your work. It's the same way I think faith decided to say, this is my life, this is my everything. If you want food, if I want all that I ever wished for, it is here. And she has remained purpose to that and she has really fought through the ranks. She has remained consistent every now. She delivers wherever she goes. Faith is, I would like to compare faith with Fagason. You know, Fagason although he never lived to our billing. Yes, yes, yes. But Fagason has ever been there for Kenya. Every time, yes. This is the first championship that Fagason has not been on the podium since she started racing. He might not win a gold medal, but he is ever there. We will get our bronze. We will get our bronze, we will get our silver from Fagason. He's somebody I love and I admire. But this time round, you know, I can't rule with running soul about body. How you woke up, how fit you were. You know, this time it wasn't his. I will never complain about Fagason. He has given us and he has done his best. The only person that I am surprised that although people were questioning why Fagason went instead of Kinyaman. You know, the rules were clear. Number one and two to cross the line, you qualify. Yeah, and then the third person is the defending. Why, why Shilu? Kinyaman never made it to that bracket. So Athletic Senya took according to the rules. And regulations or the structure that was put into place. He was the best at that particular moment. You see. So, but the body, the body refused. And you'd went sometimes you remember we were talking about the time you went for land and then it was beaten by those Ethiopians. And then he started saying, you know, there was something in the ear and all that. You know, when the body refuses, it has refused. There's nothing running soul about how you woke up. The shape that you are in. It's not about something that you structure or like weightlifting or no. Running is the body and mind how it is. And that's what we'll carry. So faith has been consistent and faith has really, she has done the best. Right now if faith now decides I don't want to run for Kenya. She has given us everything that we ever wanted or wished for. Actually, let me tell you one thing about faith. She is the most meddled Kenyan athlete. She is the most meddled African athlete. Go back, check all the medals that she has. Nobody beats faith. The statistics are there to show. Yes, the statistics are there. Nobody can beat faith. She has given us all that she can. You are saying you love athletics because it's a fair sport. There is no, you know, no changing. There's no much fixings. There's no food. Like in football, where? You know, I was in football. I think he's winning and you're saying you know, match referee was biased. Yeah, you know, I was in football. I actually was a deep state in football because I was the ACT manager at that particular time during Yamoya's tenure. And I remember the things that happened in football. Football can be decided in a room. You know? But we're running. We'll never decide in a room. You'll never because you're put outside there. If you tell me you can run 10km in 10 minutes, I tell you, okay, hit the road. I hold the watch. And then I tell you, let's go. You'll be embarrassed by yourself. You have no one to blame over your opportunity. No, no, no, no. It's a very totally fair game and the people we took at that particular moment, they were the best in the country. Although they were those who were pulled out, especially for marathon you remember, actually the team. You know there was delay because they had taken a lot of top elite athletes. Paris was in the squad, the first team, the second fastest man in the world, Kip Tum was in the team and then again management had to come and pull him. Because you know what they are thinking, we're running, it's the managers and this is one thing that I really miss especially during the late Izaa Kiplagat. Izaa Kiplagat used to stamp authority. He was authoritarian and he delivered in everything that Izaa did. Look at our team. Our team is shaky because of the authority. I'm not saying that General Tua is not doing, he's doing the best to his capacity but what I'm saying is that with Izaa there was authority. You could feel from the office to the people on the pitch and he didn't want to buy anything especially for managers but this time round we are seeing managers they have an influence even in the selection of the team. During Izaa Kiplagat a manager could not step on the way of an athlete. An athlete when the country comes, country comes first for an athlete but these days we see the managers they have a higher stake in what they decide who will come and who will go. That's why you see we miss those two top athletes. We expected Paris to be there, we expected Izaa Kip Tum because the consistency he has and I know Kip Tum actually take this one to the bank Kip Tum will break Elliot Kipchaga's record. If they are put together two of them Kip Tum will still overthrow Elliot Kipchaga. Tuk was about Ferdinand Omanyala African record holder and Commonwealth 100 meters champion. He finished this on 7th and contrary to expectations everyone was looking forward to excellent performance from him but just like you indicated in athletics you wake up things don't happen in your way in your favor as you expected and attributed it to injury or something. What will happen? A slight mistake is costly in athletics. Just a slight mistake? A slight mistake if the baton especially where he was if the start, your start is poor it will affect your finishing because we are dressing especially for 100 is dividing into three categories the starting that is the quality that is from zero to around 40 then from 40 they will come from 40 to 60 then they will finish now the finishing which is that 20 you see so most of those athletes they are those who pick when they kick from immediately from the box they kick they are good at that they will go fast but in between there where we call it there is a name that they call it have just forgotten between the 40 to 60 they again they drag behind because they picked well so they remain they maintain their consistency that on they remain that motion till the finish but there are those people who pick poorly like Omanyala Omanyala is a good finisher the 20 meters away he is so good at that so they start for Omanyala was poor and he never actually picked again to the second allotment which was the 40 to 60 he never picked the where he picked was 80 to 100 and it was too late for him but one thing I'll tell you about Omanyala is that when you are in that bracket of finance he was number seven in the world there are thousands of 100 meter athletes top elite athletes who didn't make it to the podium who never even made it to the championship but they were good so Omanyala to be number seven already has come to him and at that level again the negotiating table we call it negotiating table people come to negotiate the contract Omanyala contract will never be the same with Adidas because he has been on the final podium where everyone in the world so if it is one billion people who are watching at that particular time they saw who Fadi was they saw what Fadi can deliver at that particular moment so he was number seven in the world and remember he is still number one in the whole world this year although no alliance marched that time but he still cognize the fastest because he came in that first time of nine eight five there are two things I want to tell you about Omanyala and these are the he has to make now where Omanyala is now he is in that category of top elite athletes and with 100 meters you know your lifespan is only like Omanyala is now 26 years he has two years at that prime level if God allows three years at that level 29 30 you are dipping down now right now he is dipping up he is actually he is ascending to the top he has to make the decision one either he has to do away with this coach who is a great friend of mine I am sorry to say this but at this level you know that is Aimba you cannot do things Aimba either he has to quit his job his full time job to concentrate on Omanyala now Omanyala again has to go back to Adidas and tell him listen this man is working but I want him to be a full time coach on me so they have to compensate what he is getting here so that they put it on the salary of him but again Aimba again as the coach he has to see the long term benefits will it be what wife because if we say he has with five years and the job is going to take him the next 10 years he has again to play around and fight so it is upon him the second thing is Omanyala has to change his training ground Omanyala has now to go to the to good facilities Omanyala needs now facilities in Kenya we don't have facilities that can sustain Omanyala you look when Omanyala especially during that the the the season they call it the this name this name they call it the time when the recess are off in between that is September to March yes you know that's the time they are mostly not they are no active racing the track recess have closed so that time they are building up training and all that you see Omanyala most of the time he goes to South Africa and then when he comes back again it's about the latitude and altitude when he comes back to this hollow altitude he performs better you have seen all this time that Omanyala has given us the first especially this year nine eight five he went to South Africa after two competition he went to Zimbabwe then he came back he gave us nine eight five he has to change the location three Omanyala has to change his manager a lot of things that is the South African guy he's not he's not by gaining he's not good at by gaining on the table he's not giving Omanyala those top those top races that we want because he's overusing Omanyala the same thing that is happening to Ebenyo that's why I miss the late Izaki Plagat because the managers are in business and their business is to make money out of a necklace you will find Ebenyo in one month Ebenyo has run four races that one of Ebenyo has run 10 21 10 21 there is no resting there is no the body is not recovering well and this guy is still young so the consuming of the body elements or the body what what do we call is is is he's gaining but he's losing at the same time so there is no time that the body is gaining you know gaining back and getting back to where it's supposed to be because of the structure of the management and that's why Obenyo he has only two years if he doesn't change the management Obenyo will just go and he's a top talent that we have in this country let me tell you now back to Omanyala Omanyala has to make that decision those are the three things that Omanyala has to make if he wants to be at that top level now and I'll see look at Noa how many races did he run this year if they were most there were five races look at any Fred Carly Fred Carly ran six races this year look at Omanyala Omanyala almost ran 18 races this year there's no time to recover you're wasting a lot placing the management it's high time he makes that decision so he must be lying between a rock and a hard place making those changes because it will be hard for him you know considering his bromas and friendship with coach Ayimba trying to change and ensuring that now new management is at the helm of his professional career if he has to achieve the expected results because he has been tipped as the most solid and formidable athlete here towards achievement of match at the big stage you remember Michael Johnson he tweeted some time back a few weeks ago actually twice twice saying that Omanyala is a man with huge ambition is a prolific athlete and he has very excellent future but I think sand experts need to look at his body physique to ensure that it works to his advantage yeah as aki athletics stakeholder what are your submissions into that no he has seen the potential that is in this young man and the potential is so huge the only thing is that he never became the first Africa to medal let's see the Tabogo became the first African to medal in a world championship and Tabogo spoke highly of him he respects him because he sees this one is a champion because he has beaten him in all races he has beaten him in every race this is the first race that Tabogo has beaten him and watch that young man he is going to surprise in 200 final he will surprise him he is a man with huge potential he is in his tough shape of his lifetime and he is only 90 years old John, where else are we expecting medal bracket finish in what races because of the curve before we go to on air you are saying that Kenya is doing very well despite the criticism on social media especially Twitter with a lot of followers saying that we haven't performed to our expectation like we've done before you hold a country review saying that Kenya is on the right trajectory in terms of performance where else are we looking for at collecting our medals we are good you contrast put a contrast between Jamaika and Kenya who are performing poorly this time down Jamaika is doing so bad Jamaika is nowhere this is a transition running is all about transition and you remember there is a time I was in this desk and we were discussing about this young man called Zakayo and we were comparing Zakayo with Barega Barega right now is a premium athlete any race that he goes the appearance fee for Barega is between 7 million to 13 million in between there if Zakayo goes to any race right now it's a favor they are doing to him and this is a man who beat Barega here in Kenya because of what money confused the young people you didn't keep Kenya Classic? not even keep Kenya's championship while under 17 champion he was a person we saw the future into it but we failed as a federation as a country we failed to nurture those young kids because those kids that's where Mary Mora came from Mary Mora came from there and we were expecting him also to pick we remember the young brother to Manangoi George Manangoi he was among those we saw the future in this but you see what when money comes in it confuses this young man Zakayo was in school from 383 wives this is a time I mean what is it called? Masikonde primary school in Narok I'm just coming to Muteramuko getting into town I see a car passing my car then I'm like this guy is this with music I just followed him to town so I went they went back to the hotel so I also went there because I wanted to go for a short call who came out Zakayo and then now they suffer the shock on me there were around 6 women in that car coming and then I was wondering where were these women sitting so I called Zakayo they are there I didn't spare him telling Zakayo what is not happening is this the life you want because he had money he came into in but nobody was there to guide these young people that once you are a star immediately there is a contract signing fee so you are really a millionaire by just paying down a 2 year contract signing fee you get between 3 to 5 million and these are young kids even those money maybe they never went to their accounts they went to somebody's account because at that particular time we don't have an account with you so you see so money confuses this young man but we don't have that there is no structure I laughed yesterday when ladies Kenya say that they have spared 64 million to now to try and build a team for the hurdles we never used to have those money the previous years that the Ken boys were running Shahins were running we never heard that but people were running we never had money there was a system that was there there was a transition that was there we are lacking that transition we have a development officer but where are we developing to because we expected this kina mora the whole group of kina mora to be in this race but we never saw them so back to the question we have a goal with mora because at the moment I think moon we are because one she changed the coach and then two she changed where she used to train then three she even went to a company that specializes in NFL players instead of concentrating with a company that deals with runners or running so those are the things and then one funny thing about changing coach to once a championship like this that's why there were ish ish of coming to the championship it affects because this coach is going to change the entire training structure he is starting from zero and when somebody starts from zero it's try and error and you are prone to injuries and maybe she got an injury we have not been told but back to our girl we have a goal at the moment we have a goal from fate kipiegun we saw the rest and there was a preview happened here mora has started syfan so we know she is going to destroy syfan faith yes faith kipiegun has started mora because you saw we usually call them rabbits they used to do that to Kenyans you lift your leg they put their leg there immediately follow you parasite they call when you lift your leg they put their leg there they are actually running you are passing them to that then they are conserving the energy faith use the same tactics she has used syfan synergy she knows syfans she has seen the power syfan the extent syfan can go and I am telling you she is going to destroy her this night then we have maraton Rosmer Coroz do you have a chance of winning a medal a 218 lady this is a 218 lady I am talking about her personal best is 218 she is going to give us a medal in men we have Ethiopians so in men it is ish ish how they will wake up that day but the weather favors everyone because this is not under the normal because they are running under 32 degrees so maybe they run under 30 if they will start early enough so the weather will not favor anyone we will be at equal talk to us about our transitioning strategy because in the past few years ago we were a powerhouse in several races 3,000 meters we had Ezekiel Kemboi 800 meters we had David Rudisha we still have had record order in the same race 800 meters women we had Pamela Jelimo and who was this being called Eldorilexpress Pamela Jelimo Unisum Javarin even we had Julius Yegu we have dominated disciplines in athletics but nowadays my guest was on the show when we started the program we are saying that nowadays we are no longer powerhouse we haven't stumped our authority because our opponents have learned our tactics do you tend to agree? not really I will just go back to transition when I came myself into athletics 8 years ago that was the time I came I never ran I just had the passion I started through management I started managing athletes I was a manager recogonized license by Walatletix kufanyamu tiyan ni 850,000 Kenyan shilling so it's not easy so for you to be licensed to be a manager that's how you have to go and the passion that I had so I came into it and the executive came where the people were talking the big names and they did not allow us the newcomers especially for us who came and wanted to interact with them or just write a story about him they never recogonized us but look here I said during the world under 18 I said I will grow with these young girls let me work with them because this is the future I will be making a call they will be picking but the executive never picked my call the young girls I have their data with me I make a call they pick we talk, we share that is the transition I am talking about the structures we don't have structures with atletix kenya at the moment I am sorry to say this who is to blame the AK itself the office atletix kenya is to blame there is no one else they are the custodians of athletes in this country and even Yego himself he has no equipment to train he has to go to South Africa for him to train at that level do you think we will have another Yego no, we will never have another Yego it will never happen in this recent time maybe AK will say that it is the prorogative responsibility of the government to ensure that facilities are in place well equipped ones meeting standards of athletes atletix kenya is well financed with money do you undertake that particular obligation? do you undertake that particular obligations? atletix kenya signs each year contract with Nike why don't they include those things that we don't have in those contracts and Nike are willing to do that for atletix kenya it's just that they are in the comfort they let it rain in that house so that they can feel I wish we could even lose the remaining goals that was my wish people could not have peace in that house structure sometimes you are forced to do things by circumstances because people have really relaxed there is no investment and there is money at atletix kenya there is enough money to run us because it's the only federation that never asks the government for anything they can host 3000 people in big hotels 5000 they say 7000 money is there so what is wrong with investing into an athlete now because the parliament discussed about stipoches how we are failing now they are thinking of giving 64 million for the stipoches where are we going to train those stipochesas look at nyao stadium it's not a stadium past standard while atletix kenya we were building for 2025 to host the world championship you are denying the whole championship because we don't have a facility to host a championship so we don't have anything the government at atletix kenya I wish atletix konya could take a proposal to Nike or one atletix and tell them listen here we need 5 billion to make a stadium for just pure running that's what people are capable of doing that so until we invest there is nothing we are going to do it will be an individual race so you are meeting atletix kenya to the few medals we collect here and there in championships and smooth facilitation by the government and you want peculiar things to happen so that they can put the house in order restore sanity the government needs to do more recently I think 2 days ago they personally attacked the issue of these tops the kids they were putting in and then you find a whole senator actually deputy speaker Gladys Bosholei Gladys Bosholei talking about her didas Faker didas and she is in the house they are talking without a replica of the Faker didas how will we know what you are talking is factual you know one thing you need to understand with these contracts I have and know how for these contracts goes kenya is kited by Nike the moment any athlete will put on a fake night that is you will be sued because it is an intellectual property you are using there is no faking they could have looked for something else but not with drugs so if a government can put come with such a thing to discuss on a national tv then where are we heading to mine was for the government to fight for those athletes that are world championship exactly that athlete that is there is being paid 120,000 as allowance for the whole duration that you have been training with team kenya traveling and coming back 120,000 if you don't win a medal to get that one million government man which also takes time because I know even likely if I am not wrong maniala and faith their money has not been put into their kitty if I am not wrong because I had information there was not that long the government need to put structures they need to invest in stadiums they need to leave all these shows that they are telling us they went to kipchiweke they painted the seats where they are sitting that is bullshit we need structures we need new patterns we need new hurdles to come into place we need new clocks on the face we don't want paintings you come you tell us you have invested 500 million what is that that is trash there is nothing that 500 million can make there is no stadium that 500 million can make unless it is a nion sheet stadium the government has to be serious in investing into a stadium we need just one stadium a good stadium will cost between 5 billion to 15 billion John as we wind up the program let's talk about what happened a few weeks ago the good CS for health Susan Nakumeta she is doing extremely well she was in Eldoritz launching and presiding over the establishment of kemri research center and this facility that we will also go along wind ensuring that doping which has been a monster in athletics not only locally but affecting even international athletes Russia is a good example I don't know what do you make of this particular move to some extent doping get tamed through such initiatives if I was to be asked I will say that Kenya could suspend itself from international championship just for one year to put our house in order because right now this one is a war Kenya the international or the international now the body that deals with athletics and the people who have been given the powers to run or to monitor the clean sport that is athletics integrity unit I am talking about and world athletics those are the two entity I am talking about they have declared total war on Kenya they are exposing our roads but this exposure we have not been given that opportunity an opportunity even to have our say you know one of the rules of world athletics is when I am coming to this person to take a urine sample to this person and I am the DCO or DO the doping officer I have been seen by the local federation or the ARU then in the process of me reaching to this person it happens that I communicated to this person that one is already it has influenced the report about this individual now our elites are weak because they don't have muscles to go and fight the ARU because this court is far away from the country of Kenya to get a lawyer to hire a lawyer to go and deter you in this court we are not new resources mingisana so what I mean is this if we don't suspend ourselves to put our house in order we might end up losing more than what we have right now because this year for us to get into category out of category A where we are was no athlete should be found to have doped but so far this year the athletes who have been found to have doped this year alone so you see it is going to take and then let me tell you one funny thing as we wind up how sure are we these systems that have been put into place because recently a week ago kumari taki won a case and I'm talking about that process because kumari taki even is suing Mary for suing that he took the use in the sample in E10 but the administrative athletic management system called Adams kumari taki had indicated into that system that I kumari taki I am a triple C apartment in Nyahuuru so you have to disclose your whereabouts every now if I to be I am an active athlete now I'm going to my shag in bungoma I have to update the moment I get into no thrift or I'm driving to that area I have to indicate that I've changed location from tomorrow I'll be found in bungoma because these people can come like thieves they come like thieves they never tell you they are coming 2. these are not athletes that was almost kicked out of the camp I will not mention his name right now this athlete he was taking the screenshot of the system I'm talking about Adams because every time he was keying in the system does not peak he was trying to take the screenshot to defend him when Adak went to that athlete they went to give him a whereabouts later but he told them no listen let us try when we are here then we see how it is they tried it failed a lot of facts regarding matters doping which has been affecting athletics not only locally but even beyond John Vastlin, athletic consultant joining us this particular afternoon to share his insights regarding state of the sport and whatever is happening in Budapest, Hungary as far as war athletics championship is very optimistic that Kenya will continue with medal hunt in the remaining races marathon being the key and so forth you've collected 3 medals and a bronze faith keep leading the hunt for Kenya in the world athletics championship and it's been a fantastic program happening this particular afternoon 1 to 3 every Saturday we do this we talk about sports happening locally and beyond Kenya leading the scene and as we speak Kenya primarily 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