Mary Moraa is diligently preparing to defend her 800m world title at the Tokyo 2025 World Championships going up against Athing Mu, Keely Hodgkinson and Tsige Duguma.
Reigning world 800m champion Mary Moraa is working around the clock to ensure she is ready ahead of her title defence at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.
Moraa won the title at the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary in 2023, making history as the third Kenyan woman to win the world title in the 800m.
Janeth Jepkosgei became the first woman to win the title at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka with Eunice Sum becoming the second with a victory at the 2013 World Championships in Moscow.
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Moraa will be lining up against the likes of the 2022 world champion Athing Mu, Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson and Olympic silver medallist Tsige Duguma among other formidable 800m runners.
She has motivated herself with a quote on her Facebook page while working out in the gym, revealing that success does take time, seemingly noting that she is not in a rush to achieve any milestones.
“You can’t rush greatness…Great week ahead pips…,” Moraa shared.
She posted another video of her workout, affirming to her fans that she is back in training and ready to make up for the few setbacks she encountered in 2024.
“We are back to the grind…ticking the boxes. Coach Alex Sang’s chronicles,” she added.
In 2024, Mary Moraa started her season with local races before proceeding to the African Games in Accra, Ghana where she won the 400m.
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After that, Moraa competed at the Kip Keino Classic where she claimed top honours before heading to the Diamond League Meeting in Doha.
The Olympic 800m bronze medallist proceeded to finish second at the USATF Los Angeles Grand Prix before later losing to Keely Hodgkinson at the Prefontaine Classic.
During the Kenyan Olympic trials, she finished second and then rounded up the podium at the Paris Olympic Games.
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After the Olympics, Mary Moraa was on a roll, winning the 800m at the Diamond League Meeting in Lausanne before finishing third in Silesia in the 1000m.
The Commonwealth Games champion then proceeded to claim top honours in the 600m in a new world-best time at the ISTAF 2024 before maintaining her winning streak to Zurich and the final in Brussels.
Moraa rounded up her season with a second-place finish at the Athlos NYC and she hopes to continue from where she left from in this new chapter of her life.
