Olympics 100M gold medalist Lamont Jacobs has been hospitalised and will not grace the Kip Keino Classic this afternoon.
According to Italian publication Gazzetta dello sport, Lamont was admitted at a hospital in Nairobi with stomach problems.
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“Jacobs night in the hospital for intestinal virus, he won’t run in Nairobi.”
The 27-year-old was one of the star attractions of the third edition of the Kip Keino Classic, with Kenyan fans salivating for a duel between him and home boy Ferdinand Omanyala.
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