{"id":4665,"date":"2015-05-17T12:04:11","date_gmt":"2015-05-17T16:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kenyapage.net\/commentary\/?p=4665"},"modified":"2015-05-17T12:23:02","modified_gmt":"2015-05-17T16:23:02","slug":"another-milestone-for-carvin-nkanata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kenyapage.net\/commentary\/kenya-athletics-news-3\/another-milestone-for-carvin-nkanata\/","title":{"rendered":"Another milestone for Carvin Nkanata"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday May 17, Carvin Nkanata became the first Kenyan short sprinter to compete in the IAAF Diamond League, when he competed in the Shangai Diamond league meet. In the race which was highly competitive, he finished 6th in 20.58 but only 25 hundredths of a second behind the winner Alonzo Eduard of Panama.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ah5JNYZNrw8\" width=\"546\" height=\"435\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/kenyapage.net\/athletics\/results\/shangha-200m-15.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"844\" height=\"346\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am glad to compete in Shanghai as I prepare for the World Championships,\u201d said Nkanata, who is glad in cruising to personal best and national record in April. The 2014 Africa 200m bronze medallist said being ahead of the fastest man in the world, Usain Bolt, gives him motivation. \u201cIt inspires me to work harder so I can keep my spot,\u201d said Nkanata as he reflected on Kenya\u2019s 4x200m disqualification at the World Relays.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wasn\u2019t disappointed about a disqualification because it\u2019s a part of the game,\u201d explained Nkanata, who was in last year\u2019s team that reached the final.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe all had fun at the end of the day just getting the baton around and the experience was great.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, Nkanata, who turned 24 on May 9, advised Athletics Kenya (AK) to give more attention to sprints besides educating the local coaches on proper sprint mechanics and techniques.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving proper gymnasiums to develop strength and conditioning is paramount,\u201d said Nkanata to the Daily Nation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/kenyapage.net\/athletics\"><br \/>\nBack to Kenya Athletics Page<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/kenyapage.net\/commentary\/kenya-athletics-news-3\/another-milestone-for-carvin-nkanata\/\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground:  !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 100% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday May 17, Carvin Nkanata became the first Kenyan short sprinter to compete in the IAAF Diamond League, when&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4502,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[421,175],"class_list":["post-4665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kenya-athletics-news-3","tag-2015-iaaf-diamond-league","tag-carvin-nkanata","wpcat-31-id"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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