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World champion, Julius Yego, made history after winning Olympics silver in the men Javelin despite being forced out of the final injured.
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World champion, Julius Yego, made history after winning Olympics silver in the men Javelin despite being forced out of the final injured.
The Kenyan ended his Rio 2016 campaign in tears after retiring after the fourth round having established the lead with an opening attempt of 88.24m.
German Thomas Rohler who came in as the world leader threw 90.30m to take the gold medal with his fifth effort as London 2012 champion, Kershawn Walcott took the bronze with 85.38m.
With the last throw of the competition, with Yego getting treatment, Rohler had a farewell foul, knowing that the gold medal was his.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]“I think after this year and after last year, we all knew that it’s going to be a competition on a really high level,” he told the IAAF.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]Behind the leading pair, London 2012 champion Walcott had to settle for the bronze medal in the defence of his title, winning a battle with Germany’s Johannes Vetter for the last place on the podium.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]Vetter opened with 85.32m for third place at the end of the first round but was overtaken in the second round when Walcott went six centimetres further.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]Neither man could improve after that point so Walcott took his second Olympic medal, and at only 23 years of age.[/FONT]
I hope he is cashing in on his greatness. I would hate to see him with little after he retires like many of our great athletes. If we can take care of retired presidents , p. m s, deputy pms, we should take care of anyone who brings a medal for this country make sure they are financially stable for the rest of their lives. They really are true ambassadors of this country and much better than the real ambassadors.
^^^that’s downright stupid. What about the teachers and soldiers and doctors and…who will take care of them? IT IS NOT THE BUSINESS OF GAVA TO TAKE CARE OF ANY ‘GREAT’ PERSON. There are safety nets that EVERYBODY should invest in, including NSSF. If somebody pondas mali kama Ojwang and then expects taxpayer’s support apotelee mbali. We all build the nation in our own unique ways na hatusumbui…
Why can’t he compete for Bahrain or Qatar or the highest bidder. An athlete like him has a very short peak performance period and ought to maximize on returns by utilizing his talent for the ones who pay well. Those calling for patriotism do not understand that at the end of the day, that will not feed his family. Our job should be to make the athletes and export them.
Ask any foreigner why they know and come to this country. It’s the animals and the athletes. US, UK, Australia etc all take care of their decorated athletes by awarding them medal of honors which guarantee them incomes and healthcare as long as they keep being ambassadors to the sport and country.
Hawa athletes are advertising our country for free. We need to pay them.
We had something similar but elder of golden heart? started being rewarded to biwott and such fuck ups.
I say the same. I think he should cash that 300m that someone said he was offered to wear a different flag.
Look at the comments of @FieldMarshal CouchP above and see why he needs to focus on his earnings. He has already given kenya a silver and much more.
Upuss. I second Couch P. Why should someone blow away his earnings then expect the government to take care of them? What we need is to advise them on proper ways of investing their money like NBA which created a programme to give basket ballers financial advice and how to invest their money.
Look at BetIn, they provided a financial advisor to the jackpot winner and do frequent follow ups on him on how he is investing the jackpot money. That’s what we need foe our athletes.
So many basketballers are living in squalor hapo US despite giving US a good name. Akina Latrell Sprewell, Dennis Rodman and such. Enda kwa boxers kama Tyson. Ninja survives on goodwill ya producers so he can make cameo appearances and get something little for his survival. too many examples from US alone. And imagine at some point akina Latrell were the quintessence of balling, literally.
They are not living under squalor. They live midclass . A big step from the opulent live styles they had , but nowhere near squalor. And by the way Mike Tyson is still very marketable internationally. That’s how he survives.
Tyson blew away a 300 m dollar fortune before he saw the light and changed his wild lifestyle. I think he is on the right track because he is involved in the entertainment industry.
And it is said Tyson was once worth more than 400m in dollars! It is upon an individual to multiply his cash. While Ojwang died a pauper, that Vihoja Mahakani crew has a number of guys who are doing well despite having come from humble beginnings. Kazi kujipanga boss yangu, nchi haikupangi.
Tyson was never worth anywhere near 400 m. Don King never paid him. Don King took advantage of Tysons low financial acumen and gave him skeleton contracts per fight. They would say he got $ 30 million a fight in the media to boost the fight but court documents show King only paid him 3-5 million.