Kenya: 'Kip' False Start Hands Rival Tergat Gold On Silver Platter

National Olympic Committee of Kenya President and Kenyan track legend Kipchoge Keino was left out in the cold when none of the 20 federations endorsed his re-election bid handing his challenger and fellow ex-athlete Paul Tergat an easy win.

Keino's unceremonious exit means Tergat, a former marathon world record-holder and 2000 Olympic 10,000 metres silver medallist, will be unopposed at the May 5 National Olympic Committee of Kenya (Nock) elections in Nairobi.

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