Moraa dares to dream of Diamond League title in Zurich

World 800m bronze medalist Mary Moraa, buoyed by her performance at the Brussels Diamond League where she competed in 400m, says she is eyeing the overall title when action moves to Zurich for the final event.

Moraa will compete in her two-lap race as she says the decision to compete in 400m at the penultimate DL held last week was to help her regain her speed, having taken a short break after back-to-back races at the World championships to win bronze and the Commonwealth Games where she stunned a loaded field for gold.  

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“Going to Zurich, of course I want to do my best and try to win but I know it will not be easy. Everyone has prepared and trained well and everyone wants that trophy. I will go there, pray for energy and whatever comes, I will be thankful,” she offered in an interview with Sports Moran.

She clocked 50.67 in Brussels for fourth place which is a new national record, breaking her own mark she set during the World Championships trials at Kasarani.

After Brussels the line up for Zurich is decided and Moraa will renew rivalry with the woman she beat for gold in Birmingham during the club games Keely Hodgkinson.

The English woman, who beat Moraa to silver at the World Championships, has won three DL races this season at Birmingham, Eugene and Oslo and finished second in Stockholm where she was beaten by Moraa. She is at the helm of the DL standings with 31 points.

In addition to her Stockholm victory, Moraa also picked five points finishing fourth in Roma.

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Also, in the mix for the title that will guarantee the winner at next year’s world championships in Budapest is American Sage Hurta who has raced in four events, winning none but accumulating enough points to place her second on the standings behind the world silver medalist.

Roma and Birmingham silver medalist Renelle Lamote, Jamaican record holder and 2018 Commonwealth Games bronze medalist Natoya Goule, 2019 World Champion Halima Nakaayi as well as Italian Olympian Elena Bello, Olivia Baker, Lore Hoffmann, Anita Horvat are expected to complete the list.

World indoor champion Ajee Wilson had the points but she has not been included in the final list.