Olympic marathon silver medallist Brigid Kosgei has withdrawn from the Paris Olympic Games due to an injury concern.
The marathon teams (men and women) have been training in Eldoret in readiness for the Paris Olympics.
In a statement, the National Olympics Committee of Kenya (NOCK) revealed Kosgei had sustained an injury during training.
“The Kenya marathon team heading to the Olympic Games in Paris has been training for slightly over two months.”
“It’s during one of the regular monitoring sessions that Olympic silver medallist Brigid Kosgei expressed an injury concern to the technical team,” the statement read.
Following a review by the team's chief medical officer, James Ondiege, Kosgei decided to pull out.
“Upon 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,” the statement read.
Kosgei, who won silver in 2:27:36 at the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympics behind Peres Jepchirchir (2:27:20), was set for her second appearance in the global show.
She will be replaced by 2022 New York Marathon champion Sharon Lokedi, initially a reserve.
“Lokedi who was named in the reserve team will now join defending champion Jepchirchir and Hellen Obiri to fly Kenya’s flag in Paris,” the statement read.
Kosgei’s accolades include the 2022 Tokyo Marathon crown (2:16:02) and 2019 (2:14:04) and 2018 (2:18:35) Chicago marathon titles.
She is also the 2020 London Marathon champion (2:19:02) and the reigning Abu Dhabi marathon champion (2:19:15).
NOCK promised to support Kosgei through her recovery and the rest of the season.
"NOCK would like to thank Brigid for the time spent in training under the Team Kenya umbrella and will continue supporting her throughout the season," NOCK affirmed
