Amos dares a nation to dream

“Amos is back and is back with a bang,” screamed the commentator as the Marobela-born 800-metre star bore down the finish line at the Monaco Diamond League meet last Thursday night.  Amos’ name had hardly featured in the commentators’ lips throughout the nearly two-minute race. But across the finish line, with his hands on his knees as he tried to catch his breath, Amos had unwittingly sent shivers down his rivals’ spines with Tokyo looming on the horizon. 

Amos does not have much mileage on the track this year as he has been sidelined through an injury and undergoing rehabilitation in his New York base in the United States. Last Thursday, Amos returned to form with a well-timed run. Typically, he let a couple of runners set the pace while he chose to remain sandwiched between a cluster of bodies.