Is athletics legend a victim of his trust?

National Olympic Committee of Kenya President Dr Kipchoge Keino is received at the Eldoret International Airport. Kipchoge denied theft of athletes kits provided for the participants during the 2016 Rio Olympics held in Brazil. 31-08-2016. PHOTOS BY: KEVIN TUNOI

Kipchoge Keino’s contemporaries have come out to defend the man revered as the 'father of Kenyan athletics', saying the worst thing the country could do is humiliate him in his sunset years.

Wilson Kiprugut Chumo, 80, the first Kenyan athlete to win an Olympic medal said Kipchoge’s family "disintegrated at a time he was away working hard to put Kenya on the world map" and the latest setback could tip him over.