Just recently Kipchoge was voted the IAAF Athlete of the Year and before that, he had been voted the United Nations Sports Person of the Year (Kenya). We have always talked about encouraging our sportsmen and women but is this really the way to go? The panellists who were tasked with selecting sportsmen and women did not need to dig into the rubble to know that Kipchoge was the man of the year. So who are these people in the selection panel that didn’t find Kipchoge worth the honours and what were their reasons? I am sure even the Nandi Governor Stephen Sang who had honoured Kipchoge naming a stadium ‘Eliud Kipchoge Sports Complex’ must be wondering what happened after setting the pace.

Source: Daily Nation December 20, 2018 02:48 UTC