Kenya: Athletes Are Our Biggest Public Relations Asset

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At a time jittery nations have indicated they would not travel to Nairobi for July's IAAF World Under-18 Championships over alleged "insecurity", our athletes continue to prove why we are the best athletics nation on the planet with a sweep of all World Marathon Majors Series races of 2017.

Wilson Kipsang and Sarah Chepchirchir set the ball rolling at the Tokyo Marathon in April when they won the men's and women's titles, with former world marathon record holder Kipsang running a new course record two hours, three minutes and 58 seconds in the Japanese capital.

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