Top Kenya long distance and road runner Esther Chemtai Ndiema has pulled out of next month's Okpekpe International 10-km Road Race in Okpekpe, near Auchi in Edo State and is replaced by Shitane Habtegebrel in the list of elite athletes for the annual event.
In a statement yesterday, Dare Esan, spokesman for the IAAF bronze label race said the Bahrainian, Habtegebrel pulled out because of injury.
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