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\u201cThe Kenya Marathon team heading to the Olympic games in Paris has been training for slightly over two months, and the athletes continue to receive financial support and technical support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cUpon a review by the medical team led by the Chief Medical Officer Dr. Ondiege, Kosgei will not be heading to Paris for her second Olympics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFollowing the development, Sharon Lokedi, who was named to the reserve team, will now join defending Champion Peres Jepchirchir and Hellen Obiri to fly Kenya\u2019s flag in Paris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe National Olympics committee would like to thank Brigid for the time she spent in training under the Team Kenya Umbrella and will continue supporting her throughout the season.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kosgei\u2019s glittering road running career has seen her win the 2018 and 2019 Chicago Marathons, the 2019 and 2020 London Marathons, as well as the 2021 Tokyo Marathon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Athlete Champion Brigid Kosgei will miss this year\u2019s Paris 2024 Olympic Games due to injury. Sharon Lokedi will replace Kosgei,according to the National Olympics Committee of Kenya (NOC-K). The verdict on the 30-year-old was reached after \u201cone of the regular monitoring sessions in which the Olympic silver medalist expressed an injury concern to the technical…<\/p>\n