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Cherono, Chelimo put smiles in ailing children

"I have had the best year in my running career. I want to do more next year,” said Chelimo.

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by EMMANUEL SABUNI

Sports13 December 2022 - 13:26
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  • • As athletes from 2Running Club, we come here every year to put a smile on the kids. Building this hospital was good idea," said Cherono.
  • • The hospital, according to Tanser, also has a football pitch and a basketball court where the ailing kids play.
Athletes from 2Running Club standing (Emmanuel Wanyonyi, Mercy Cherono, Amos Kipruto) among others after visiting Shoe4Africa Children's hospital in Eldoret.

The 2014 Commonwealth Games 5,000m champion Mercy Cherono and reigning world 10,000m bronze medallist Margaret Chelimo are hopeful of a productive 2023 athletics season.

Speaking in Eldoret after visiting ailing children at the Shoe4Africa Children’s hospital, the duo said that they had a good season in 2022 and are hopeful of a similar display especially at the 2023 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary.

Cherono, a former world junior 3,000m champion, said: “As athletes from 2Running Club, we come here every year to put a smile on the kids. Building this hospital was good idea. We have had a million children treated here since the hospital's inception,” said Cherono.

"I have had the best year in my running career. I want to do more next year,” said Chelimo.

Shoe4Africa CEO Toby Tanser said that Eldoret is famous for running and to have a hospital associated with athletes is a great move.

“As we speak, the 2Running Club has adopted the hospital because runners come here every single year and that is why we have a big screen mounted in the second floor courtesy of you athletes," said Tanser.

"Today, the athletes have brought something to put a smile on their (children's) faces. And with this great atmosphere, the children will play and forget about their pain.”

The hospital, according to Tanser, also has a football pitch and a basketball court where the ailing kids play.

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