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World champions draw inspiration from track greats

WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP - KAMPALA Kenya's Asbel Kiprop hands over the wrist band to Winfred Mbithe in their wining mix relay race during the IAAF World Cross Country Championship in Kololo, Kampala, Uganda on March 26, 2017. [PHOTO/DENNIS OKEYO/STANDARD

Kenyans wrote history in the medley relay and senior races at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships on Sunday at the Kololo Independence Grounds in Kampala.

The champions’ scripts read like those of most Kenyan world-beating athletes, who draw inspiration from great athletes.

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