Kenya announces 2024 World Indoor squad, bizarrely they enter zero men in 3000

THOUGHTSLEADER wrote:

rojo wrote:

Capital FM has the full team:

Link:www.capitalfm.co.ke/sports/2024/02/08/...

The Team
1. Fredinand Omanyala 60m Men
2. Noah Kibet 800m Men
3. Collins Kipruto 800m Men
4. Vivian Chebet Kiprotich 800m Women
5. Reynold Kipkorir Cheruiyot 1500m Men
6. Vincent Kibet Keter 1500m Men
7. Teresiah Muthoni Gateri 3000m Women
8. Boniface Ontuga Mweresa 4x400m Relay Men
9. Zablon Ekhal Ekwam 4x400m Relay Men
10. Kelvin Tauta Sane 4x400m Relay Men
11. Wiseman Were Mukhobe 4x400m Relay Men

Can someone tell me

1) Why you'd enter the team this early before people really get going indoors ?

2) Why they wouldn't enter anyone in the 3000?

Is it a money thing? I sure hope not as they of course are also sending 5 offficials. How about sending a full team? You'd think there would be a lot of athletes dying to go.

Best guess: You have to hit the qualifying mark (Keter has for instance) or have a high World Ranking (Cheruiyot). If you look at Kenya’s 5K guys (Krop, Kimeli, Kipkirui, Ebenyo, Kemboi), none are doing indoors and all are focusing on the roads/XC. The one exception I’m thinking about is Edwin Kurgat, but he’s probably doing The Ten. So who would you send? This is the issue with having World XC/Indoors in the same year. Ethiopia is going to send a crap XC team and great Indoors one, likely the inverse from Kenya.