Jonaah Koech had the most wonderful week of race. First, the victory of the big victory in Rabat, then in Nairobi, gains 800 m, and the best personalities. We asked Deji Ogeyininbgo to write about Jonah and tell us more to these talented athletes. Remember that no one’s succeeds, always takes years of experiments and miles, PULA PACKs at Cult Classic.
Jona Cockti finds her move after a decade chase
The idea of ”making it” in the track and field is often associated with early promise and instant delivery. The athletes exploded at the scene, drove a wave of success and carve the career in the ways. But Jona Cook has done it differently. The last fewer victories of 1500 m and 800 m took over a decade, and this last Saturday in Nairobi, he finally ran his time, who knew he had come.
COEK, which is now 28 years old, 1. At 43:32, 800 meters won the Keyi classic, winning the strong Kenyan field in their house in the house. It was the best time of career and his first major victory in the world continental tour. Victory combined with its 3. With 31.43 surprises, 1,500 meters of Rabat Diamond League soon became a serious candidate named after 1,500 meters in Filse.
For most athletes, this will be a debris season. For Koech, it is a long, unnoticed years, some of the injury, others in obscene, spread in three countries and two runs away.
He was born and raised in Kenya, Kerek first took care of 2014 when he ran 1. 47.99 as a teenager. He moved to US College, from UTEP, where he has set the 11th place in the NCAA Cross Championship as a freshman. It was a strong show that hinted at a possible future at a distance of 1500 meters. However, his career has never been settled. He moved to Texas technology, more focused on 800 and eventually joined the US Army by earning citizenship in 2019.
He had quiet watches over the years, 1. 46s, 3:40 here and there but never really broke. The end of his best NCAA Track was in two sixths. For a long time he was the type of run, which was final but did not shake the order.
Then came 2022. He turned the US team for Eugen to the World Cup – 1. In 44.74, in national trials, but in the workload was disqualified into heating. That sting was stuck with him. And in 2023 after the injury, Keeping him the sport moved.
But something changed in 2024. He accommodated the fifth, it is not enough to make the US team ready, but it is enough to raise his faith. This was followed by a series of victory of six race with European connection. These were not a diagoing league. He ran in places such as Pribod, Serbia and Szek, Poland. He ran because he had to continue, it is necessary to win. Those little victories were not bright, but they built something inside him.
“If I were in a fast diagande league, I think I could run 3:33 or 3:34,” he said to his coach. He was right and then some.
On May 25, Coceck was late 1,500 meters late in the Rabat Diamond League. He continued 17 men and two rabbits, his name was hardly mentioned among the candidates. 405 meters, he was close to the back. Then came to the locked lap that no one could see. He went to dozens of men and crossed the finish line 3. 31.43 in almost six seconds faster than he ever ran. It was the most surprising victory in the diamond league in 1500.
In Nairobi, he confirmed that it was not a flame in Nairobi last weekend. 800m is his main event, and he ran out how he had something to prove. The stadium was equipped with 20,000 fans, most of whom were waiting for Kenyan’s winner. Koek, which now runs for the United States, is still at Kenyan soil, waited until the final bend in another gear. He caused Nicholas Keben and Alex Negeno and did not return.
There is something that is convincing about the athlete that does not leave when it will be easy. The call never won NCAA title, never fulfilled the world’s final, never sponsored him until recently under the solid. He was still showing. He trained at Iten, spent winters in Baltimore, in Colorado. Time for his army responsibilities and follow his coach in the Netherlands. Nothing was clear.
Now everything is clicked at once. He is healthy, he is confident, and he runs fast.
