Kipsiro ready for action

By Norman Katende

UGANDAN athletes set to compete in the IAAF Inter-continental athletics championships have cash prizes and medals to fight for.

The biennial event show is due in Croatia this weekend with Uganda’s athletes Sarah Nambawa, Moses Kipsiro and Benjamin Kiplagat on Team Africa.

According to the world athletics governing body IAAF, the winner will walk off with sh64m.
The top eight performers in the sprints and jumps and twelfth person in the middle and long distances will be rewarded.

The event attracts the top performers in the continental championships of Asia, Europe, Americas and Africa.

The event also held to provide competition for seniors athletes during periods without events like the World Championships or Olympic Games.

Kipsiro is middle and long distance runner, Kiplagat favours the steeplechase while Nambawa is ready for the triple jump event.

They will also use the event as a build up for Commonwealth Games due next month.