Kemboi to quit after Rio, take up golf

Posted by AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE on September 17, 2013

Charismatic Kenyan steeplechaser Ezekiel Kemboi has announced plans to retire after the 2016 Rio Olympics where he will aim at winning a third Olympic gold.

“I have represented Kenya for 13 consecutive years. I will finish my career in Rio in 2016,” he said at an awards ceremony at his home of Eldoret in Kenya’s Rift Valley region.

As for his retirement plans, the two-time Olympic and triple world champion said he “will turn to play golf” — drawing laughs from Kenya Olympic Committee chairman Kipchoge Keino.

Golf makes a comeback as an Olympic discipline at the 2016 games.