{"id":328743,"date":"2011-03-22T08:59:45","date_gmt":"2011-03-22T08:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/22\/kenya-kudos-to-our-athletes\/"},"modified":"2011-03-22T08:59:45","modified_gmt":"2011-03-22T08:59:45","slug":"kenya-kudos-to-our-athletes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/22\/kenya-kudos-to-our-athletes\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya: Kudos to Our Athletes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"35.9659695144\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/><!-- close google_banner_mid div ---><\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nation.co.ke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/450a559cnation180.jpg\" alt=\"The Nation (Nairobi)\" title=\"Visit The Nation (Nairobi)\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- begin story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p>21 March 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Nairobi \u2014 Kenya once again dominated the world cross country championships in Spain, a clear indication that sports must be taken as a serious industry.<\/p>\n<p>Winning six out of the eight gold medals is a major achievement for any country, especially as the championship attracted 65 countries. Athletics Kenya should take the cue from this display of prowess by investing its money in the development of the discipline.<\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_inset_a div ---><\/p>\n<p>Our athletes must be made familiar with new training techniques, and they must receive both cutting edge equipment and technical support if they are to continue performing to such high standards during global championships. The government must also offer incentives like scholarships to younger athletes to make them work harder to improve their performances.<\/p>\n<p>The athletes cannot rest on their laurels; they need to put in more efforts in training as there are other major competitions lined up this season, which will test their endurance, speed and sportsmanship to the maximum. We wish to congratulate the athletes and assure them that they have made us proud to be Kenyans.<\/p>\n<p><!-- end story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_banner_subbody div ---><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><b>More News on allAfrica.com<\/b><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read the article:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201103220171.html\" title=\"Kenya: Kudos to Our Athletes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kenya: Kudos to Our Athletes<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 21 March 2011 Nairobi \u2014 Kenya once again dominated the world cross country championships in Spain, a clear indication that sports must be taken as a serious industry. Winning six out of the eight gold medals is a major achievement for any country, especially as the championship attracted 65 countries. Athletics Kenya should take the cue from this display of prowess by investing its money in the development of the discipline. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-328743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kenya: Kudos to Our Athletes - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/22\/kenya-kudos-to-our-athletes\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Kenya: Kudos to Our Athletes - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"21 March 2011 Nairobi \u2014 Kenya once again dominated the world cross country championships in Spain, a clear indication that sports must be taken as a serious industry. 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