[RichardC]

Wesly Ngetich, the winner of the<br>
2005 and 2007 Grandma's Marathon, was killed this week in the ongoing<br>
violence in his hometown of Trans Mara, Kenya

 

[RandMart]

<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/23/sports/othersports/23runner.html" target="_blank">NY Times - Jan 23, 2008</a><br><blockquote></blockquote><i>"NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A Kenyan marathon runner was fatally shot with an arrow, the second international athlete to die as Kenya struggles with post-election chaos, a sports official and a fellow athlete said Tuesday."</i><br><br><i>"The former Olympic runner Lucas Sang was hacked to death in western Kenya during the election violence."</i><br>
An arrow!!! A f'n <i>ARROW</i>!!!<br><br>
This stuff in Kenya is going to make Darfur look like Disney World.

 

[mykemp1971]

It's just awful... Darfur, Kenya, it's awful <img alt="sad.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/sad.gif"> I'm sad for the people there. Disease, famine, corrupt warlords.<br><br>
To be an athlete there, and rise above that area is extraordinary. I was very sorry to hear that Wesly Ngetich was killed.<br><br>
I hope that that region finds peace soon.

 

[missy1102]

what an incredibly sad end for a talented athlete <img alt="sad.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/sad.gif"> RIP.

 

[RandMart]

Dude, they're using arrows, spears and machetes. They're not interested in peace. It's all about body count. What's worse is that it's all hand-to-hand, close range stuff. They see who is taking them out, not some nameless coward with a backpack on a bus; taking a 20:1 kill ratio to the other side.<br><br>
I pray for everyone over there, but hold little hope.

 

[theia]

<praying for peace>

 

[RandMart]

Aren't we all???

 

[Boyerdavea]

man that just ain't right. I don't watch a whole lot of news so I didn't really know anything was going on. Too Sad.