Paul Tergat. Photo: Standard Digital News
On Tuesday, September 10, 2013, Kenyan athletics legend, Paul Kibii Tergat was elevated in status with an opportunity of tabling down the affairs of the International Olympics games.
The Nairobi-born long distance runner will join the president-elect, Thomas Bach, and the likes of Larry Probst, Alexander Zhukov and other members in organizing the Modern Olympics games and Youth games held in summer and winter every four years.
Together, they will organize the 2014
Soshi Olympics Winter games in Russia and the 2016 Summer Olympics 2016
in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The 44-year-old is renowned for holding a world record in the marathon from 2003 to 2007 with a time of 2:04:55.
He is also regarded as one of the most accomplished long-distance runners in the world.
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