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THE STANDARD
EDITORIAL
By Editorial | May 30th 2021
Aerial view of The iconic Kamariny stadium, which is about two kilometres from Iten town, in Elgeyo Marakwet County. [Christopher Kipsang, Standard]
It’s another moment for Kenyans to steal headlines on the global sports scene – the Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, on July 23 to August 8.
Sports enthusiasts including senior government officials are about to script congratulatory messages to our athletes when they win medals. Social media will be awash with hearty messages.
It’s no news since that has always been the norm. We appreciate and love our sportsmen and women. Ironically, no one cares to know or even inquire on how these athletes train for these competitions.
Newly engaged track star Asbel Kiprop plotting return to competition May 8th 2021 at 18:00:00 GMT +0300
Olympic and World 1,500m champion Asbel Kiprop was always seen as a strong man, or so he seemed. That was until his world turned upside down after he was implicated in doping and banned from athletics. If anything, it confirmed the truth in the popular quote that “the worst part of being strong is that no one asks if you are okay.”
Soon after he was banned after failing an out-of-competition test, video footage emerged of him with another woman in his car fondling and kissing, illustrating the depths he had sunk to.
His engagement comes two years after the star athlete endured a bitter fallout with his then wife Sammary Cherotich.
The fallout came after Kiprop filmed himself kissing and groping an unidentified woman’s breasts inside a car. It is at about that time that he was also suspended from competing over reported doping offences.
All that now seems to be in the distance as the former 1,500m Olympic champion appears to have moved on.
“Today I’m officially engaged to Faith. I thank all who attended the function at Simat. Looking forward to the next chapter in life,” he said.