Even if the pace is slow in championships, you can still sprint well and still power in the last 200, which is always the main part when the race is slow.

I was ready in 2008 for the Olympic Games but unfortunately I missed the Kenyan trials with a thigh injury. I watched those Olympics but it was tough to watch. But it was good in the end because a Kenyan, Wilfred Bungei, was the champion.

When I was a little boy, I always wanted to run. I loved competing with my friends.

The weather plays a very big role. I have run very few races in the raining and the cold.

It's something special to break the world record at the Olympics.

Going to the Olympics as a Maasai I want to make them proud because, after the warm welcome they gave me when I went back and being their leader, I want to also be the warrior in the Olympics. That will be something good because that will be the first Olympic gold medal for the Maasai.

The Olympics is a special event and winning is very important. For me as a world record holder and world champion, the only thing I am missing is the Olympic gold medal and that is what I want to achieve in my career.