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Kenya threatens to pull out of Rio Olympics over Zika

Kenya could pull out of this year’s Rio Olympics, due to concerns over the Zika virus outbreak in Brazil, the head of Kenya’s Olympics committee said on Tuesday.

Kenya has some of the best middle and long-distance runners in the world and the East African nation topped the medals table at the 2015 World athletics championships.

“Obviously, we are not going to risk taking Kenyans there if this Zika Virus reaches epidemic levels,” Kipchoge Keino told reporters.

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