African athletes are renowned for their middle and long-distance dominance at past Olympics Games.
Several top African athletes are going to miss the 2016 Olympic Games, scheduled for Aug. 5-21 in Rio, Brazil. Main reasons include doping violations, injuries, fear of Zika virus infection and decisions by their countries to leave them out of their national teams.
Sources; africanews., USA TODAY, The Guardian, BBC, RUNNER’S WORLD, eNCA, Daily Sports