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RUDISHA, KEMBOI IN BIG WINS: Kenyans relish appointments to athletics bodies IAAF, CAA and AK

David Rudisha after winning 800m Olympics gold in this year’s Summer Games in Rio, Brazil. INSET: Milcah Chemos and double Olympics champion Ezekiel Kemboi. [PHOTOS: AFP]

It was yet another moment of unending celebrations after three Kenyan runners were appointed to different athletics bodies.

Olympics and world 800m men’s champion David Rudisha is the new Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) Athletes Commission President, while world steeplechase champion Ezekiel Kemboi was appointed to the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Athletes Commission.

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