{"id":71321,"date":"2022-10-15T15:14:35","date_gmt":"2022-10-15T15:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/former-world-junior-800m-record-holder-kimutai-down-memory-lane"},"modified":"2022-10-15T15:30:49","modified_gmt":"2022-10-15T15:30:49","slug":"former-world-junior-800m-record-holder-kimutai-down-memory-lane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/former-world-junior-800m-record-holder-kimutai-down-memory-lane","title":{"rendered":"Former world junior 800m record holder Kimutai down memory lane"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>Former World Junior 800m record holder Japheth Kimutai is the epitome of Kenyans who have risen from the ashes of poverty to transform their lives through sports.<\/p>\n

Were it not for his father Chering Seurei, who braved the cold nights to eke out a living as a watchman at Lelmokwo secondary school, the former Commonwealth Games 800m champion could have dropped out of school.<\/p>\n

Kimutai, the second born in a family of seven, never dreamt he would one day steal the headlines as a world-beater in the two-lap race. He now says he is indeed a lucky man.<\/p>\n

After his Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) in 1993 at Lelmokwo Primary, the 1994 world junior 800m silver medalist joined Lelmokwo secondary where his father worked.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt some point, I could cry over the mere thought that my father was a watchman. I was not comfortable with the situation so I had to look for an alternative school. Every time I passed by, he opened the gates for me so I felt it wasn\u2019t the right thing,\u201d said Kimutai.<\/p>\n

\u201cI finally got a transfer to another school. I was approached by Bro Colm O\u2019Connel and joined St Patrick\u2019s Iten,\u201d said Kimutai.<\/p>\n

Kimutai said that he didn\u2019t have any idea there was someone somewhere actually monitoring his progress in athletics.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring my years in primary school, I could run very well up to the national level. I competed in both the sprints and long-distance races.\u201d<\/p>\n

Little did he know that Bro Colm O\u2019Connel had been trailing him on the track all along to keep up with his progress. \u201cHe came looking for me in December 1993 at the national championships.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kimutai said he performed remarkably well in every sport he embraced.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a kid, I could participate in all sports including football, basketball and athletics. I was the teachers\u2019 favourite pupil because I won points for the school,\u201d explained the 1998 Commonwealth Games 800m champion.<\/p>\n

Kimutai said that he went to Iten without a single item in his possession owing to his family\u2019s financial constraints.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had to choose running away from Lelmokwo because I wanted my father to enjoy his life after earning his salary and do whatever he wanted to do with his measly income,\u201d Kimutai said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was admitted to Iten without any school fees. I didn\u2019t even have a uniform. Colm kept on watching over a boy from the village, who could not sit with the white man for a talk,\u201d said the 1999 All Africa Games 800m champion.<\/p>\n

Surprisingly, Kimutai said that when he arrived in Iten, he found out that the school had already earmarked him as a potential athlete. \u201cAt Iten, my life changed completely after meeting good people, good teachers, mentors and runners within the school who encouraged me to overcome the hardship back home.\u201d<\/p>\n

He received all manner of gifts and there were even those who offered to clothe him. \u201cI was given a trouser, a sweater and other needs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Back home, Kimutai\u2019s father was a dejected man, weighed down by the nagging feeling that his son had quit school.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs I was enjoying life in a new environment, my father back home was a disappointed man knowing that I had run away from school.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe thought I would run into trouble and kept wondering who would help me out there. He only settled down when I asked him to relax because all I wanted was to mould my future.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a twist of fate, his father was fired after failing to report to work due to drunkenness. \u201cImagine if I had remained there, where would I be? Most likely I would have ended up staying at home with him,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

Kimutai successfully managed to brush the setback aside to storm to a silver medal at the World Youth championship.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn my first year at Iten, I managed to represent the country at the World Youth Championship and won the silver in the 800m. His feat changed the view of the villagers and his father back in the rural home.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe entire village came to celebrate with me and my father was so grateful. He asked me why he had to struggle to pay school fees while I knew what I wanted.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat left a mark that will never be erased. I wanted to ease off the pressure my father had. Going to Iten allowed him to use his salary for other responsibilities.<\/p>\n

\u201cImagine if I had stayed at Lelmokwo and ended up achieving nothing after all the school fees he had to pay. He would have felt disappointed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kimutai said he managed to build his father a house four years after joining Iten.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone in our village wanted to emulate me after they saw what I had achieved in athletics.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kimutai says he was poor in mathematics but got good treatment and encouragement from the teacher Mr. Serem. At Iten, he was never \u2018bullied\u2019 given the kind of respect he earned on the track.<\/p>\n

\u201cIten had bright students who could receive awards at the end of the term. Although I wasn\u2019t as good, I promised that I could leave the place a better place than I found it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring games, some top athletes like Charles Kwambai, Johanna Chemweno, and Peter Serem among others represented the country in the cross country winning medals and raising the bar so high.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 1995 while in Form Two, he would train at the Colm camp where they remained during the school holidays and that built his strength.<\/p>\n

The same year, he was picked to fly the country’s flag at the Africa junior championships where he had to double to increase his chances of qualifying.<\/p>\n

He ran in both 800m and 1,500m and won the national titles in both races and went ahead to win two gold medals at Africa junior championships.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 1996, I was in super form, but guess what, it was the most disappointing year even after winning every race in Kenya I did not win anything at the world juniors in Sydney ahead of the Olympic Games.<\/p>\n

\u201c I lost races on technicalities. I didn\u2019t gauge the race properly. I ran too fast in the first lap with surety of gold but I burned out in the last 200m and it was a bad lesson well learned. After that I went out strongly to break the world junior record the following year while doing my last year in high school,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

With such success as a fledgling athlete, he managed to build a permanent bridge on a stream that had divided the two villages.<\/p>\n

The politicians didn\u2019t want him to do that because they thought he was undermining them and the facility was a bridge to a political milestone.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I had to go home, before the bridge, I would drive over 5km away but now, it is just a kilometre away. As he was planning to exit high school and graduate as a senior, he had to look for an exit route so he approached James to manage him and he accepted where he shared contacts with Colm as the contact and the link.<\/p>\n

The manager took him and others to Europe in various races and he ran in class B at the Zurich Golden league where he set the world record.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn that race, five records were set starting with me in juniors then Wilson Kipketer in the 800m, Wilson Boit Kipketer in the 3,000m steeplechase record among others. That was another change in my life,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBefore the world record race, they wanted me to sign a contract with the shoe company, which I didn\u2019t understand but after the race, they tore the contract papers.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I saw the dollars, it was good for me but they said that whatever I was being given was little money but for me, it was a large amount of money. So they offered a proper contract and I came home a happy person. We were able to run and do anything in the world,\u201d he remembered.<\/p>\n

After graduating to the seniors, they set up a training camp in Iten and eyed the Commonwealth Games qualifying time. He said that they did extra work in the game preparations.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur manager asked me whether I was at the level expected and my answer was no because I felt I fell below expectations. It was a shock to him. Before the Commonwealth, there was a World Cup in South Africa. I did not do well because of the cold weather.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut heading to the Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, I told my teammates and my manager that I was going to do something extraordinary, they all laughed because I had performed poorly in South Africa. I went ahead to win gold because I was mentally and psychologically prepared for gold. I almost ran the championship record but missed with a small margin,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Japheth Kimutai profile<\/p>\n

1978- Born as second born in a family of 7 children (Chering and Jenifer Seurei- father and mother)<\/p>\n

1993- KCPE at Lelmokwo Primary school<\/p>\n

1994- joins Lelmokwo Secondary school (runs away in less than a month)<\/p>\n

1994- Joins St Patrick\u2019s Iten in Form One<\/p>\n

1994- win silver at world junior championships in 800m<\/p>\n

1995- Africa Junior 800m champion<\/p>\n

1995 Africa Junior 1,500m champion<\/p>\n

1996- world junior championships number 4<\/p>\n

1997 World Junior 800m world record in Zurich at 1:43.64<\/p>\n

1998- Africa Championships, gold in 800m<\/p>\n

1998- Commonwealth Games 800m gold<\/p>\n

1999- World championships-5<\/p>\n

1999- All Africa games 800m gold<\/p>\n

2000- Olympic Games semifinalist<\/p>\n

20000 – got married to Naomi Misoi, who was also an athlete<\/p>\n

2002- Commonwealth Games \u2013 5<\/p>\n

2003- World Cup- semifinals<\/p>\n

2003- retires from active running<\/p>\n

2011- sets up Complete Sports Training Camp<\/p>\n

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