title: Moitalel Naadokila
text: # Moitalel Naadokila
  
  Moitalel Mpoke Naadokila (born 8 February 2001) is a Kenyan athlete who competes in the 400m hurdles.
  
  ## Career
  
  From Nairobi, he was the 2017 World Under-18 400m hurdles silver medallist. In 2019, while at South Plains College, he achieved NJCAA All-American honors placing third in the 400m hurdles running 51.12. Then, in 2020 he was the NJCAA National Champion in the 600m and 800m. In May 2021 he achieved qualification for the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics as he clocked 48.89 seconds to win the 400m hurdles during the South Eastern Conference Outdoor Championships at the E.B Cushing Stadium in Texas, competing for Texas A&M University. In doing so he became the first athlete in the history of Texas University to run a sub 49 seconds in the 400m hurdles. However, unfortunately for Naadokila he was unable to compete at the Olympics as he had not been part of the dope testing programme expected from an athlete from the Kenyan federation.
  
  