SportsPosted at: Jan 26 2020 7:30AM

Olympic champ Kipchoge, Obiri crowned Kenya's best athletes in 2019 season

Nairobi, Jan 26 (Xinhua) Olympic Marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge and world 5,000m winner Hellen Obiri have been feted as Kenya's Sports Personality of the Year in a special gala held in Mombasa.
It was the second time in a row that Kipchoge was crowned the best from the country, which echoes well with the 2019 World Athletics Male Athlete of the year, which was awarded to him in Monaco in November.
Kipchoge edged out Harambee Stars striker Michael Olunga, Olympic steeplechase champion Conseslus Kipruto, world champion Timothy Cheruiyot and world half marathon record holder Geoffrey Kamworor to be crowned the Kenyan Sportsman of 2019 while Obiri had to battle out with exemplary performance from rivals Brigid Kosgei, the London and Chicago marathon winner, who is also the World record holder and Ruth Chepngetich, the World marathon champion.

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