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Haile shows how to be king off the track

President Ethopian Athletics Federation Haile Gebrselassie at Safaricom Sports Personality of the Year Awards 2016 at KICC on Sunday night, Jan 20, 2017. [PHOTO: JONAH ONYANGO/STANDARD]

Retired distance running great Haile Gebrselassie threw down the gauntlet to his Kenyan peers at the glittering 2016 Safaricom Sports Personality of the Year Awards on how to transition from a champion to a leader.

Gebrselassie, who is the President of the Ethiopian Athletics Federation (EAF), caused a stir at the 13th edition of the Soya awards  when he rose to speak, and it was not lost on those gathered, among them those he competed against and beat,  the reason behind his quick rise to the top of his federation.

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