The intense competitions are always witnessed in major competitions like Africa Cross Country, World Cross Country, World Championships and the Olympic Games. These Kenyan born athletics scripts reads like that of perennial rivals, Ethiopia. World 5,000m and 10,000m record holder Kenenisa Bekele is the brother of Tariku Bekele, another accomplished 5,000m athlete. She is the current Olympic 10,000m champion and has won four world track titles and five world cross country titles. They included reigning European 10,000m champion Yasemin Can formerly Vivian Jemutai and Tarik Langat Akdag whose birth name is Patrick Kipkirui Langat.

Source: Standard Digital August 23, 2020 21:56 UTC