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NAIROBI, Sept. 24-- Julius Yego shot to global fame when he defied all odds to become the first Kenyan and indeed African to win a gold medal in a field event at the Beijing 2017 IAAF World Championships. Having stunned the world to craft one of the most enduring stories from the China edition of the biannual global track and field showpiece, Yego became an overnight sensation in capping a meteoric rise to the top of the men's Javelin. Known all over as the 'YouTube Man' having learned his technique by watching iconic Javelin throwers on the American video-sharing, Yego found himself the center of global attention, where even chartbusters in his name were released in his country of birth. Having endured two seasons of underperforming following the injury he sustained at the Rio 2016 Olympics final (where his only legal effort was enough for silver), Yego is eying his comeback to the middle step of the podium in Doha. The tech-savvy Kenyan field athlete was buoyed by his performance at the African Games in Rabat, Morocco when he won his second title with a throw of 87.73m at the continental showpiece in August. "I'm fully fit and healthy and you know when you go to a big championship like that and you know the performance is picking up, so I think I have a positive mind and I am looking forward to that again," Yego stated ahead of the departure with Team Kenya for Doha 2019. The Beijing 2017 champion is quietly confident he can rule the roost once more in Qatar to mirror his jaw-dropping performance in China where he landed the top medal with a monster throw of 92.72m. | 
