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Korir has last laugh as top guns are omitted from marathon squads to Rio Olympics

Wesley Korir Wesley Korir of Kenya smiles after crossing the finish line to win the men's division of the 2012 Boston Marathon in Boston, Monday, April 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Selection of Kenya’s national athletics team ahead of any international event has always been a tricky balance.

It’s always dogged by controversy at every opportunity and the exercise by Athletics Kenya to select marathon teams to Rio Olympics was no different.

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