Chepng'etich Ruled Out of World Cross Country Championships

Published by The Standard on March 9, 2015

Two-time world cross-country junior champion Faith Chepng’etich Kipyegon will not compete at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Guiyang, China, on March 28.

Chepng’etich, who is also the Africa cross country junior and senior champion, picked up an injury recently while in residential camp at St Mark Teachers College in Kigari, Embu, and was flown to The Netherlands on Thursday for specialised treatment.

Her manager Jos Hermens, who is based at Nijmegen in The Netherlands, is handling her case. It was sad news for Chepng’etich, who often borrows a famous Nigerian proverb ‘a determined hunter is never frightened in the jungle’ to silence her rivals.

It was a setback for Chepng’etich, who beamed with confidence after the national trials: “I really want to ensure that I win the senior gold medal at the world cross country. That’s the only medal I am missing.”