Team captain Sum backs Kenya to surpass Rio 2016 medal tally in Tokyo

NAIROBI, July 28 (Xinhua) -- Team Kenya overall captain, Eunice Jepkoech Sum, has backed the class of Tokyo 2020 to surpass their record medal tally from Rio 2016, where they won 13 medals (six gold, six silver and a bronze).

Sum, who was speaking from Japan after a light training session, urged her compatriots to be patient after Kenyans took to social media to lament the poor results so far.

The East Af