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Kipsigak
Kipsigak is a village near Kapsabet in Nandi County, Kenya. Administratively, Kipsigak is a Locations of Kenya, location in Kilibwoni division of Nandi County. Its local authority is Kapsabet municipality and constituency is Emgwen.Electoral Commission of Kenya''Registration centres by electoral area and constituency'' It is the birthplace of Kenyan runner Augustine Kiprono Choge. References Populated places in Nandi County {{RiftValleyKE-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augustine Kiprono Choge
Augustine Kiprono Choge (born 21 January 1987) is a Kenyan middle distance and long distance runner. He won world youth and junior titles on the track in 2003 and 2004, eventually going on to set a world junior record for the 3000 metres in 2005. In his final year as a junior he won the World Cross Country Junior title. He claimed the 5000 metres gold medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, but began to focus more on the 1500 metres from then on. He reached the 1500 m finals at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2009 World Championships in Athletics. Choge broke the long-standing 4×1500 metres relay world record with a Kenyan team of runners in September 2009. Career Choge was born in 1987 to a family of small-scale farmers at Kipsigak, near Kapsabet in the Nandi District of Rift Valley Province, Kenya.Manners, John (2005-03-14)Focus on Athletes - Augustine Choge . IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-02-06. He won national secondary schools 10,000 metres in 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |