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'Activism without facts won’t help Yego regain form' - Team Kenya General Manager Barnaba Korir

2016 Rio Olympics - Athletics - Final - Men's Javelin Throw Final - Olympic Stadium - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 20/08/2016. Julius Yego (KEN) of Kenya competes. [REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach]

Team Kenya General Manager Barnaba Korir has hit out at javelin thrower Julius Yego for what he called ‘activism without facts’.

This is after the 2016 Olympic silver medallist took to social media complaining that he had been denied the services of his coach at the bubble camp ahead of the Tokyo Olympics.

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