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Athletics legend Keino awarded Sh4.5m for libellous Rio scam story

Athletic Legend Kipchoge Keino, a pioneering athlete in the 1960s and 1970s.Kip Keino Classic Continental Tour was named after him during a media engagement with athletes at Tamarind hotel on May 30, 2025. [Stafford Ondego, Standard]

A court in Nairobi has awarded Kenya’s athletics legend Kipchoge Keino Sh4.5 million as compensation for the 2016 Rio Olympics funds scandal story published by a local media house. 

Milimani Court magistrate Rawlings Musiega, in his judgment, said the Olympic gold medalist’s reputation had been tarnished.

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