The Kenya weightlifting team to the Rio Olympics comprises two people – the competitor and his coach/manager. It was worth my trouble, engaging in a free-wheeling conversation about the status of their sport in Kenya and the world. “If it was not for the tightening of the screws by the world anti-doping agency, we would not be anywhere near here,” Ogolla told me. That’s interesting, I told him, tell me more about it. “Just more resources, more facilities and more encouragement and we are going to improve,” he told me.

Source: Daily Nation August 15, 2016 21:33 UTC