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Author: Xinhua<\/strong>
\nAfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> World Half Marathon champion Geoffrey Kamworor is nursing head and knee injuries after he was hit by a motorcyclist in an accident in Eldoret, on Thursday evening.<\/p>\n

It was double tragedy for the 27-year-old, who had just received news of the cancellation of the New York Marathon, a race he had intended to compete in and defend the title he won in last year’s race.<\/p>\n

However, keen to continue with his rigid training program, Kamworor was struck from behind by the motorcyclist just a few metres from his home.<\/p>\n

The impact saw him fall, sustaining knee and head injuries.<\/p>\n

Sports medicine specialist Victor Bargoria, who treated Kamworor in Eldoret, confirmed on Friday that the former World Cross Country champion suffered fractures to his right tibia and had a bruised knee and scalp laceration.<\/p>\n

“He suffered soft tissue injuries and loose bone fragments.\u00a0The procedure to treat him went well,” Bargoria said from Eldoret.<\/p>\n

Kamworor was training for the World Half Marathon set for October 17 in Gdynia, Poland, where he was due to defend his gold medal.<\/p>\n

“I was doing my long run and was just next to my house when the incident happened,” Kamworor said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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