Kenya's Cheruiyot adjusts to reality of preparing for the Olympics in a pandemic


Timothy Cheruiyot, winner of the 1500 meters gold medal at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha, runs during a training session in Nairobi, Kenya, May 8, 2021.REUTERS/Baz Ratner

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Coach Bernard Ouma barked orders to start stretching and the team of a dozen athletes fanned out in the morning sunshine, leaving a good six feet between them.

Among them: Kenya's 1,500 metre world champion Timothy Cheruiyot, who has been struggling to keep a consistent training schedule in a topsy-turvy year as he prepares for this summer's Olympic Games scheduled in Tokyo.

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