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Former world Javelin champion Julius Yego is training his guns for the National Service Police championships slated for April.

Yego yesterday told People Sport that the event will serve as an ideal build-up for him ahead of the world championships in Eugene, Oregon, United States as well as the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

The Olympic silver medallist said he started his preparation early in his quest to register a good performance.

 “I am focused on posting a better performance at the police championships although I expect a very competitive field,” said Yego who became the first Kenyan to compete in Javelin at the Olympics. Yego said that he is working hard to be ready by the time the Police meeting starts. “I do not want to be in a rush but to take a progressive process because we have a long season until the World Championships and Commonwealth Games,” he said.

 He added that he wants to balance well to ensure that he competes well at the two competitions.

Yego represented Kenya at the 2012 London Olympics but finished 12th though he broke a national record to 81.81m.

Participation in international competitions has enabled him to improve his performance with a personal best of 92.72metres.

 Yego made his debut in the 2010 African Championships in Athletics in

Nairobi recorded a personal best of 74.51m and took a bronze medal.

 Yego has two gold and bronze from the Africa championships as well as gold from the All-Africa Games, Commonwealth and World championships.

In the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, he was placed in a distant seventh place with a throw of 69.60 metres.

 In 2011 he still did not have a coach though this did not stop him from setting a national record mark of 78.34 metres.

 After two months of training at the IAAF- accredited centre in Kuortane, Finland, he returned to Kenya in April 2012 and set a new record of 79.95 m.

This was within the Olympic “B” standard for the event and it gained him the prospect of becoming the first Kenyan person to compete in the javelin at the Olympics.