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Complete Sports open doors for athletes

Complete Sports, an athletic training camp based in Chepitgit village Uasin Gishu county has officially opened doors for athletes to train.

On Sunday, the facility was officially opened by Athletics Kenya president Jack Tuwei where he called on athletes to support each other to foster the sport in the country.

Athletics Kenya President Jackson Tuwei, said training centres are fodder that feed into sports development in Kenya. Complete Sports Training Camp is a project co-owned by retired 800m runner, Japheth Kimutai and his German friend.

Gen Tuwei also emphasized on athletes giving back to the society by establishing and running programs and projects that support the community, not only limited to sports.

Former Commonwealth Games 800m champion and  director, Kimutai said: “We decided to anchor this camp in the word of God because we would like to bring up a change in how athletics is managed in Kenya.”

Kimutai said that the opening of the facility has given them a big boost because they will be hosting big athletes drawn from across the world.

“Over here we have two units for male and female, we have 45 male and 45 female. We have space for any foreign athlete and space for up to 33 of them. Here, we don’t do business but only sports especially athletics,” said Kimutai.

County Executive for Sports, Eng Lucy Ng’endo said her department is also working on a proposal on establishment of another training Centre in Kapseret, to actualize the Governor’s dream of talent development and youth empowerment.

Complete Sports Camp chair, Bishop Luka Maiyo, said: “Every dream has a destiny and one without interpretation is as good as nothing, thinking about something and not actualizing it is vain so this project is a manifestation of dream and God’s will.”

“With God as the leader of this camp, we shall be free from bad vices as doping and our children will generally be anchored and surrounded by spiritualism,” added Bishop Maiyo.

Retired athletes Hussein Kipkemboi, Patrick Sang, Janeth Jepkosgei, Daniel Komen, Benjamin Limo, Alfred Kirwa Yego, Leah Malot, Luke Kipkosgei, Tecla Chemabwai Sang– all who trail blazed and shaped Kenyan athletics, were among those who were in attendance.

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