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He stayed very competitive in future years, but missed selection at 1987 World
Championships in Rome when finished 4th at Kenyan trials. In 1988, Koskei was still 9th fastest 800m runner in the World with his season's best of 1:44.06 min, but once again he narrowly missed the place at the Kenyan team
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African 800m title at championships in Cairo and had another successful European circuit season recording 8th fastest time in the World in 1985 with a time of 1:43.78min. On 30 August, at Brussels, he won the 1000 metres with a superb time of 2:14.95 min. In October, he
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Koskei was one of the best Kenyan 800m competitors in the 1980s, setting fast times, but lacked success at the international major championships. His breakthrough year was 1982 when the youngster broke 1:45 second barrier for the first time in his career. That same year he made the 800m final at the
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African Championships in Rabat. However, he found it difficult to represent his country at international competitions due to the great depth of Kenyan talents and failed to reach the final at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 1984. On 26
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and its conference that "bears upon the issue of Koskei's age and eligibility". SMU argued Kosgei was 20, but rival coaches claimed he was 24 years old, which was too old to compete according to
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who won the race in 1:41.77. These times were the two fastest times in the world that season, and moreover, the second and third fastest times in history at the time, behind
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August 1984 he ran the 800 metres in 1:42.28 minutes, finishing second behind
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