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NAIROBI， Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- Hopes of Kenya widening its medal haul to boxing and rugby will not be achieved in Rio， but that has not dampened the spirits of fans as they prepare to usher in track and field stars for the gold rush starting Friday.


One week since the Olympics started， Kenyan fans are yet to feel the mood of the Olympics. The small hope they had on rugby sevens was blown when the national team Shujaa was humiliated in the group stage matches by New Zealand， Japan and England.


Now to majority may the real Olympic begin as the track and field programme kicks off Friday with double finals that local athletes will be featuring in.


World 10，000m champion Vivian Cheruiyot has the country holding their breath in anticipation as she launches her quest for double gold. She will be the lead candidate in Friday's final together with Betsy Saina and Africa champion Alice Aprot.


Speaking on phone on Thursday， head coach Julius Kirwa said Kenya will always be under pressure in big competition and Rio Olympics will be no different.


"Everyone is in Rio Olympics with an aim to win. Of course we have a strong team and Cheruiyot is in good shape. But that does not mean that we have the gold in the bag. She has to fight for it and use the other colleagues (Saina and Aprot) to make sure we have a good team work，" he said.


Indeed Cheruiyot has been dreaming of winning double gold at the Olympics. She made her first attempt at the double five years ago in Daegu， South Korea during the World Championships and emerged successful winning both the 10，000m and 5，000m races. Her quest for similar success in London 2012， ended with a silver (5，000m) and bronze (10，000m).


But that did not stop her. In her last shot at the Olympics， she turns 32 next month， Cheruiyot wants to silence her critics. She has just returned from maternity and proved her fitness at the Beijing World Championships last year winning gold.


"I always run my own race and in Rio， it will be the same thing. I want to win and I feel am in the same shape as was the case in 2011，" said Cheruiyot before going to Rio.


Therefore while Saina and Aprot have the chance to win medals too， the focus will be on Ethiopian pair of defending champion Tirunesh Dibaba， world leader Almaz Ayana and Gelete Burka. Uganda too has an outside chance of staging a surprise as they have Juliet Chekwel.


Alongside the 10，000m final， African champion Samuel Gathimba and Simon Wachira will take to the road in the 20km walk.


Olympic champion David Rudisha will also start the defence of his title in round one of the men 800m. Another race with Kenyan interest will be the 1，500m women where world silver medalist Faith Chepngetich leads Kenya's chase for glory.



Lionel Messi of Argentina reacts after he missed a penalty kick against Chile in the Copa America final on Sunday. Photo: AFP

Lionel Messi's apparent last act in international soccer was to blast his penalty over the bar as Chile won the Copa -America for the second successive year following a 4-2 penalty shootout victory over Argentina on Sunday in East Rutherford under armour phenom proto trainer , New Jersey.


It was the second successive year Chile had beaten Argentina on penalties in the final. Last year's Copa America title was their first.


Messi cut a dejected figure after Argentina's trophy drought at senior level was extended to 23 years. It was the fourth final he had lost with his country and he said later he was retiring from -international soccer.


"It's tough, it's not the time for analysis under armour speedform gemini black ," he said. "In the dressing room I thought that this is the end for me with the national team, it's not for me. I tried so hard to be champion with Argentina. Now I am leaving without having managed it."


The two sides were deadlocked 0-0 after 90 minutes and also after another half an hour of extra time in a match where both teams were reduced to 10 men in the first half.


Chilean substitute Francisco Silva placed his penalty low and to the right of -Sergio Romero to score the -decider after Messi and Lucas Biglia missed for Argentina and Arturo Vidal missed for Chile.


"It's not easy to explain what happened under armour speedform gemini ," said Argentina coach Gerardo Martino. "Argentina should have won that game. It hurts."


The tension of the penalty shootout barely made up for a disappointing game with few memorable moments for the announced sellout 82,000 crowd.


The bulk of first-half -action involved referee -Heber Lopes under armour scorpio 2 , who sent off Chile's Marcelo Diaz on 27 minutes for a second crude challenge on Messi, before Argentina's Marcos Rojo was given a straight red for a rough tackle on Vidal about 15 minutes later.


Three others were booked in a first half that had as many cards as shots on goal.


The second half -provided more of the same and -although Chile under armour scorpio black , who have never beaten Argentina in open play in 26 previous Copa America encounters, at least managed to call Romero into action under armour scorpio , -neither side created any clear-cut chances.


The 30 minutes of extra time was similar, though Eduardo Vargas came close for Chile and substitute Sergio Aguero had a -header tipped over by Claudio -Bravo.


Messi http://www.underarmourshoeoutlet.com/ , who surpassed Gabriel Batistuta as Argentina's top scorer in the semifinal against the USA, was heavily marked and had few chances to show his brilliance.


The tournament was played in the US for the first time to commemorate the 100th -anniversary of the inaugural competition and expanded to include six teams from North and Central America along with the 10 from South America.




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