Kenya mourns ME man's death.
World records a Kenyan who ran in his career Henry Rono is dead. Athletics Kenya Federation said message service in X, that Rono died on Thursday at the age of 72. He had been treated in a hospital in Nairobi for ten days.
The sad news is the second in a short time in Kenyan athletics. The ME man of the marathon Kelvin Kiptum, 24, died Sunday in a car accident in Kenya. His coach also died in the crash Gervais as Hakizima.
Rono was at his best in 1978, when in 81 days he broke world records in four events: 10,000 meters, 5,000 meters, 3,000 meters steeplechase and 3,000 meters.
Rono never made it to the Olympics, as Kenya boycotted the Montreal Olympics in 1976 and the Moscow Games in 1980. The World Championships did not start until 1983, but Rono was successful in the African Games and the Commonwealth Games.
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