And you are taken on a mental flight back to Kenya, where sibling rivalry among Kenyan athletes and those who switched nationalities to other nations make the headlines. But it’s a scenario that’s always common in major competitions like World Cross Country Championships, World Championships and the Olympic Games. As a result, there are two world record holders, four world champions three Olympic and world championships medalists and two big city marathon winners. Shaheen is the world 3,000m steeplechase record holder at 7:53.63 while Christopher ‘Jogoo’ Kosgei is the 1999 world 3,000m steeplechase champion. European championTurkey, which has turned out as a new market for Kenyan athletic talent, had six athletes Kenyan ‘exports’ in the Olympics.

Source: Daily Nation March 12, 2022 04:45 UTC