Former Cardiff Half Marathon champion John Kipsang Lotiang has offered his rental houses for free to the suffering athletes, owing to the financial impact prompted by coronavirus pandemic. Most of them have no fall back plan and I wanted to cushion them in my small way. This year, Lotiang, who is also the Cardiff Half Marathon course record holder, was set to launch his marathon debut in Wuhan,China— a city where the first coronavirus case was reported. This was to be followed by Istanbul Half Marathon and Ottawa Marathon in April but both events were cancelled. Lotiang was picked to represent the country at the Commonwealth Games in 2018 after breaking the Cardiff Half Marathon course record (60:40) in 2017.

Source: The Star June 10, 2020 01:52 UTC