It is now official — Kenya’s athletics trials for the Rio Olympic Games will be held at Kipchoge Keino Stadium in Eldoret from June 30 to July 1. The staging of top level competition in peripheral venues outside Kenya’s capital Nairobi is a welcome development, and helps to promote the attraction of other counties.
Debate has been rife over the venue of the track and field trials despite the insistence by the National Olympic Committee (NOC) that the competition should be held in Eldoret.