Kenya: Mosop's Record Bid Burns As Kenyans Rule

Moses Mosop's world marathon record chase collapsed in Rotterdam but the Kenyan charge held their own as the country's athletes bagged the Vienna, Paris, Milan and Nagano marathon titles on Sunday.

All eyes were on Rotterdam where Mosop, the Chicago Marathon winner and world record holder over 30,000m blew up his London Olympics chances after his pledged assault on Patrick Makau Musyoki's 2:03:38 marathon standard fell short.

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