Top guns who crossed the seas, fell in love through athletics

Jake Robertson after proposing to Magdalyne Masai at the Great North Run in New Castle. [Courtesy]

Kenya no longer vibrates with lonely hearts thanks to athletics. The sport stands out as the fulcrum upon which sparks of love unite sporting talents from different continents.

Kenyan men and women still treasure their African culture despite having residences, and even nationalities, abroad and they had to stay true to culture in the case of women who had to cross boarders and stay at their marital home as cultural demands.