Rwanda’s leading athlete Dieudonne Disi has shifted focus to this year’s World Championships in Athletics set for August 15-23 in Berlin, Germany.

Disi told Times Sport in an exclusive interview yesterday that his preparations for the Berlin World athletics championship will be undertaken in Kenya.

"Iam joining world marathon record holder Samuel Wanjiru to train with him ahead of the world championship in August,” Disi said.

Wanjiru is a Kenyan long distance runner who won the 2008 Beijing Olympic men’s Marathon in an Olympic record time of 2:06:32.

Disi will join Wanjiru who is also the current World record half marathon holder for the distance (58.33 from Den Haag 2007) in his native village of Nyahururu before the end of this month.

Disi thinks that training with Wanjiru will help him to keep shape for the full marathon race where he is expected to make his debut during the Berlin event.

As preparations for the Berlin, Disi is expected to take part in either Paris or Rotterdam marathon set for April 5.

"I have shifted to full marathon because I have capability to run and do better. I have to train hard and see if I can win my first international race,” Disi observed.

Disi finished fourth in the Glo-Lagos half marathon over the weekend in Nigeria. The 28-year-old athlete clocked one hour and ten minutes to finish behind Kenya’s Luke Kibet who clocked 1.07. 49.

Ethiopia’s Tsegaye Kebele finished in second place in a time of 1. 08. 52 as Kiprono Kipyefo Nixon finished third in 1. 09. 14.

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