TRIALS ON COURSE: Athletics Kenya boss says event still on

Athletics Kenya president Isaiah Kiplagat (Left) and sports secretary Kiplimo Rugut during the Ndalat Gaa cross country competitions held at Mosop Constituency in Nandi County over the weekend. Kiplagat told off his detractors maintaining that he will not bow out from AK. 12.10.2014. Picture by Peter Ochieng.

Athletics Kenya (AK) President, Isaiah Kiplagat, and a section of athletics officials reacted angrily to calls by Professional Athletes Association of Kenya (PAAK) for athletes to boycott the IAAF Permit Meeting/AK national cross country trials at the Uhuru Gardens on Saturday.

Kiplagat, an IAAF Council member, told off PAAK and the 14 branch chairmen, who have threatened to disrupt team selections to the 41st IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Guiyang, China, on March 28, where Kenya will be on a title defence bid.