Kenya: Bumpy Road to London Olympics

Publisher:
KENYA Citizen TV
Publication Date:
16 July 2012
Tags:
Kenya, Olympics

The National Olympics Committee of Kenya has moved fast to avert what would surely have been a catastrophe for the Kenyan Olympic team only 11 days to the games in London. After days of a simmering standoff, the committee finally bowed to pressure from star athletes to drop demands that the athletes travel ahead to Bristol for pre-Olympics preparations. The athletes have stood their ground, vowing to stay put in Kenya even as several key officials left for Bristol without the all important contestants.

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