Kenya's Keitany eyes gold at athletics worlds

London marathon champion Mary Keitany of Kenya will compete in one race in the Czech Republic in June before focusing on her quest to win the gold at the Beijing athletic world championships in August.

Keitany, 33, is yet to fully launch her training, as she is still recovering from the rigour of running the London Marathon in April, where she emerged second, reports Xinhua.

"My training is just getting started. It will be a while before I hit my form and it will be in Prague City that I will be going for a shorter race," she said on Tuesday from Eldoret.

Kenya is yet to announce its marathon team for the World Championships in August, but Keitany is keen to compete in Beijing.

"I have instructed my management to talk with Athletics Kenya (AK), knowing that I'm available for selection. But It is not entirely up to me to decide and when given the chance, I will like to atone my poor finishing at the London Olympics (she was fourth) and win gold in Beijing," she added.

But that will wait, as Keitany plans to compete at the sixth Mattoni Olomouc Half Marathon on June 20. The course record of 68:53 minutes could be in danger considering she ran 66:02 minutes earlier this year.

"I will not talk about records now because I'm just getting started on my training programme after a month's rest. But if my body feels fine, I will go for it," she said.