Kenyans Stanley Kebenei and Shadrack Kipchirchir competed against Kenyans at the 42nd World Cross Country Championships held at Kampala.
The two athletes were competing for the American team against their countrymen. Stanley Kebenei won nine NCAA junior national championship titles at Iowa Central Community College and even signed a professional contract with Nike. Shadrack Kipchirchir placed 16th at the 2015 World Championships in the 25 lap race.
Kebenei wrote: “We love Kenya, we love you. Just support us we know you guys don’t like us now (for representing USA).”
Regarding Kenya’s victory he added: “Congratulations to Kenya. I know you love us and we love you too. Now we go back to training and meet again, probably in the World Championships in London.”
Female runner Ruth Jebet, from Kenya, who competes for Bahrain, stated: “I still urge my Kenyan fans to rally behind me and I might break the record again.”
