Kenya's Ruth Chepngetich competes in the Women's Marathon at the 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships in Doha on September 27, 2019. (Photo by KARIM JAAFAR / AFP)With dozens of international athletics events having been cancelled or postponed due to the outbreak of the coronavirus, Kenya's star athletes are facing an uncertain future even as they continue to train. World marathon champion Ruth Chepng'etich who is preparing for London Marathon says psychologically, she is prepared for the cancellation which is scheduled for April 26. The London marathon race organisers are yet to communicate on the status of the event but I’m psychologically prepared for anything, I have already missed half marathon event in Spain which was cancelled last week,” said Chepng'etich who trains at Ngong. The Tokyo race saw over 38,000 fun runners miss out, due to health and safety fears surrounding the spread of the virus.

Source: Standard Digital March 14, 2020 05:03 UTC