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Kipsang promises to fly Kenya's flag high in Beijing

Geoffrey Ronoh Geoffrey Ronoh after the 2014 Mattoni Olomouc Half Marathon with Wilson Kipsang.

With the 15th IAAF World Athletics Championships men’s marathon race lined for Saturday, it remains to be seen which tactics Kenyan runners will employ in order  to stop Uganda’s defending champion Stephen Kiprotich.

While competing on the course, the late Sammy Wanjiru struck Kenya’s first Olympic marathon title in 2008, surely, the Kenyans must be at their best in that quest.

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