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Shock as Kenyan athletes boycott African Games trials

Kenyan athletes stage a sit-in at the Nyayo Stadium. The athletes refused to compete in the African Games trials over quota concerns. 

Photo credit: Chris Omollo|NMG

By  Ayumba Ayodi

Correspondent

NMG Sport

What you need to know:

  • Trouble started when athletes were summoned to the call room shortly after the technical meeting at 9am.
  • Former national 200m champion Dan Kiviasi said neither AK nor KNSC have given them a valid reason. 

Kenyan athletes have boycotted the national trials for the Africa Games starting Friday in Accra, Ghana. 

The athletes were protesting the quota of 35 slots allocated by the Kenya National Sports Council (KNSC) to Athletics Kenya. 

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