Robert Kimutai Ng’eno, the athlete who made headlines on Sunday after canine attacked him throughout Buenos Aires Marathon in Argentina, is now in search of compensation.
Ng’eno, who trains in Keringet, Nakuru remains to be recovering from shock after an unattended canine began chasing him on the twenty fifth kilometre mark within the race. He was approach forward of the chasing group.
Ng’eno was cruising in direction of victory when the canine appeared from nowhere and began stalking him, barking ferociously because it chased him down the marathon course, locals trying on nonchalantly.
He misplaced greater than a minute attempting to scare away the canine.
The Kenyan runner returned home on Wednesday from the land of soccer legend Diego Maradona and Lionel Messi, which he now needs to overlook in a rush, his love for the Argentinian soccer stars however.
Ng’eno, who trains and resides in Keringet, Nakuru County, completed third after timing 2:10:16 in a race received by compatriot Cornelius Kibet Kiplagat, who clocked 2:08:29, whereas one other Kenyan, Paul Tanui, was second in 2:09:57.
From left: Robert Kimutai Ng’eno (third place), Paul Tanui (second place) and Cornelius Kibet Kiplagat (winner) pose after the Buenos Aires Marathon on September 24, 2023.
Photo credit score: Pool | Buenos Aires Marathon
Ng’eno received US$4,000 (Sh591,800) for his third place end however missed a bonus of US$2,000 (Sh295,900) for all runners who hit sub 2 hours and 10 minutes.
He advised Nation Sport that he was certain he would win the race however the canine slowed him down.
“The race organiser should consider compensating me because we don’t expect to be attacked by dogs along the road in races. What happened was quite unfortunate. I ended up third after struggling to finish the race,” Ngeno, who’s but to lodge a proper criticism, mentioned.
“I’m nonetheless discussing with my coach on the very best avenue to do that as a result of the incident shocked me.”
“I feel the race director ought to act on this as a result of it was one thing harmful and will have harmed me.”
Kenya’s Robert Kimutai Ng’eno is attacked by a canine in the course of the Buenos Aires Marathon on September 24, 2023.
Photo credit score: Pool | Buenos Aires Marathon
His coach, Willy Langat, mentioned that Ng’eno was destined to win the race however the canine slowed him down forcing him to gradual in the previous few kilometres to the end line.
“If you look at the splits for Ngeno during the race, he was going to finish the race in 2:06 but an unfortunate thing happened to him which was really sad,” mentioned Langat.
