Kenyan running great Keino among 7 facing corruption charges

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s director of public prosecutions says distance-running great Kip Keino and six other former officials will be charged with corruption relating to the alleged misappropriation of more than $545,000 that was meant to help fund the country’s team at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
Keino, a trailblazer for Kenyan runners and a gold medalist in the 1,500 meters at the 1968 Olympics, was head of the national Olympic committee until last year. Kenya&rsqu