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NAIROBI, Aug. 15-- Buoyed by the success of hosting the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Under-18 World Athletics Championships in July in Nairobi, Kenya's athletics officials have announced their intention of placing a bid for the senior version of the athletics gala. The President of Athletics Kenya (AK), Jackson Tuwei, said on Tuesday that Kenya will now aim for big international events after the youth global event opened a window of opportunities. "Kenya has now joined the big league and from henceforth we are shifting focus on matters that pertain to our newly-acquired status," Tuwei said during the occasion to receive the team from this year's world championships in London where Kenya ranked second overall after the United States. Tuwei said the slot for the 2019 championships has already been taken by Doha (Qatar) whereas Eugene (USA) will host the 2021 games hence their intention to go for 2023. He however said the country will first place a bid for the World Under-20 Championships as a stepping stone to the senior event. "We want to move progressively and we will soon request for bid documents from the IAAF for the junior games especially after successfully hosting the U18 competition," the AK chief said. He said the global athletics body was very impressed with the Nairobi games and would like to work with Kenya again in staging a global showpiece. | 
