DAILY NATION | Wednesday May 17, 2017 61 ITALIAN CUP FINAL Coach Massimiliano Allegri calls for treble- chasing Juventus to make amends for failing to secure the Serie A title last weekend, by winning the Italian Cup final tonight. SPORT PAGE 67 CYCLING IAAF World Championships > Champions say they won’t be in shape for global competition in August Dutchman Tom Dumoulin cruised to victory in the 10th stage time trial of the Giro d’Italia yesterday to claim Florence and Keitany turn the race leader’s pink jersey from Colombian Nairo Quintana. down AK’s London call-up OLYMPICS 2024 FIGHT Iten-based pair say they TO THE WIRE won’t be in perfect shape The fight between for August’s World Los Angeles and Championships, ask AK Paris to host the 2024 Summer to select fresh athletes Olympics is set to go the wire after BY AYUMBA AYODI the head of the
[email protected] IOC’s inspection team heaped he Iten-based pair of world lavish praise women’s marathon record holder on both cities. TMary Keitany and Chicago Mara- thon champion Florence Kiplagat have Patrick Baumann turned down invitations to run for said neither city Kenya at the World Championships presented a risk, in London this August. saying it came The two, who spoke to Nation Sports down to a choice yesterday, thanked Athletics Kenya of the 95 members (AK) for giving them the opportunity, of the International but noted that they will not be ready Olympic for the London championships having Committee (IOC) just competed in April’s energy-sapping between “two London Marathon.