Kenya's Okayo forced by injury to sit out 2006
Posted Thursday, 15 June, 2006
NAIROBI, June 14 - Kenya's former London marathon champion, Margaret Okayo, said on Wednesday she will be out of action for the whole year due to a leg injury.
Okayo, who has also won the New York marathon, said the calf injury she sustained in April's London race, when she finished ninth, was still bothering her.
"I will be out of action throughout the year. The injury has been recurring since 2004 and I have decided to give it time to heal completely," Okayo told Reuters.
Okayo was one of the favourites for the 2004 Athens Olympics gold but she finished outside the top 10, citing injury.
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