Marathon News - Athletics Kenya Bans Managers

Dec-14-2005

Athletics Kenya Bans Managers
by Ed
(c) Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved

In what has become an annual rite, Athletics Kenya has announced that
certain athlete managers will no longer be recognized by their
federation.
That's not news.

However, today's announcement by A.K. chairman Isaiah Kiplagat, names
some
of the world's top managers as being banned, including Dutchman Jos
Hermens
and American Tom Ratcliffe, who manage some of the Kenya's best
athletes,
including Susan Chepkemei, Felix Limo, Evans Rutto and Gilbert Okari.
Other
banned managers include Jean Conrath, Danielle Poli, Hussein Makke,
Peter
Hier and Enrico Dionisi, according to an e-mail sent to RRW by a
correspondent in Nairobi.

"There have been complaints by our coaches that managers interfere with
athletes during international competitions contrary to our coaches'
instructions, thus resulting in poor performance," Kiplagat told the
news
agency, Reuters.

You can read the Reuters story here: http://tinyurl.com/c3w2s.