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Ezekiel Kemboi named to the elite IAAF Athletes' Commission

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Ezekiel Kemboi celebrates winning the men's 3000 metres steeplechase final during the15th IAAF World Championships at the National Stadium in Beijing, China August 24, 2015. (Photo: Reuters)

Kenya's world and Olympic steeplechase champion Ezekiel Kemboi has been named to the IAAF Athlete's Commission.

Kemboi, the only person to win four 3,000 metre steeplechase world titles, joins Britain's women's world marathon record holder, Paula Radcliffe, Brazilian pole vaulter Fabiana Murer, Michael Frater of Jamaica, Alina Talay of Belarus and American heptathlete Ashton Eaton as new appointees of the 18-member commission for 2016-2019.

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