Sports Dispute Tribunal (STD) has ruled in faour of Athletics Kenya to run the race in a case that Kenya Mountain Running Association (KMRA) had launched.
In the ruling today, STD chairman John Ohaga ruled that KMRA has no mandate to handle mountain running matters in Kenya.
He said that Athletics Kenya has the mandate to handle mountain running activities.
“A declaration is hereby issued that by virtue of not being a national organisation in charge of athletics and not being affiliated to either IAAF (now World Athletics) and World Mountain Running Association, the KMRA has no mandate to run or organise mountain running events in the country,” ruled Ohaga.
The tribunal further ruled that the Registrar of Sports can’t register any other organisation to handle sports matters since AK is registered as such.
“The Sports Registrar can’t register any other sports organisation to concurrently run the discipline of athletics in Kenya,” stated Ohaga.