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2016 Rio Olympics - Athletics - Final - Men s 800m Final - Olympic Stadium - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 15/08/2016. David Lekuta Rudisha (KEN) of Kenya celebrates winning the gold medal. [REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach]
Kinyamal said: “I participated in high jump while in secondary school. After school, I stayed at home for some time before my friend Leshan Togom advised me to take up athletics. I heeded the advise.
“I started training in early 2016 and that I made the team to Africa Junior Championships where I won bronze medal. That motivated me to go Keringet Athletics Training Camp in Nakuru County. I later relocated to Global Sports Communications camp in Kaptagat,” he said.
Pacesetters have always been employed by race organisers for world record attempts with specific instructions for lap times.
They also play a crucial role in avoiding the deception tactics common in competitions as they race away from the start line giving the other runners the impression that they are far behind.
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Pacesetting became prominent after Chris Brasher and Chris Chataway successfully paced Roger Bannister to break the four-minute mile for the first time in 1954.
Andrew Rotich, who has paced several Diamond League meetings and the World Challenge, said the earnings have kept decreasing over the years.