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Awards: Athletics world united in recognising Kenya’s contribution to the sport

April 28, 2019 Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge celebrates winning the men's elite race REUTERS

Kipchoge, Bro O’Connell and Kip Keino honoured in Principality of Monaco during World Athletics Gala.

For a country mired in divisive politics, it was ironic that the athletics world on Saturday night in Monaco was united, and rightly so, to look up to Kenya to breathe life into a sport admittedly in need of honest souls and self-renewal.

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