Can someone explain to me how Evans Chebet was left off Kenya's provisional marathon list?

I wondered why 10, then read this:

"Athletics Kenya will meet with the athletes, their sponsors, the National Olympic Committee of Kenya and other representatives before finalizing their team in early 2024."
So that means whoever pays them more will go?

Probably a positive

We are all speculating, but the most likely reasons are a serious injury or something like a doping saga is of course possible. He withdrew from New York, but so did Geoffrey Kamworor yet he remains in the running.

Let's rule out the snub idea because both Benson and Amos Kipruto train in the same group (2runningclub) and management (Demadonna) as Chebet. That rules out some weird political situation. I also think Kiptum being in the list rules out conspiracies around trying to weaken the team for a Kipchoge threepeat.

Likely as any answer: Cronyism and corruption.

As far as the last we've heard from him we have this:

His explanation was simple and somewhat expected, “I have an injury.” Pushed for more information, the 34-year-old says that he had picked an injury on his way to his Boston title defense in April and did not give it enough time to heal before going back to training for the November event.
“It was disappointing to have to pull out of New York. I won there on my debut on the course and I was mentally prepared to do it again but I have made peace with the turn of events and shifted focus to next year,” Chebet, the first man since 2013 to win the New York City and Boston Marathons in the same year (2022) offered.
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He continued, “I intend to return to Boston for my third title but my biggest wish is to make the Kenyan team to the Paris Olympics. This would be my first time representing the country and I am confident in my abilities to deliver.”

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Heavens to Betsy, what an injustice.

Or should I say 'Evans Chebetsy'?

Strange - if the injury is so minor that he's planning to run Boston in the spring, why would they rule him out for Paris in the summer?

Doping doesn't really work out either. If he got provisionally suspended before New York, wouldn't they have officially announced that by now?

If Kenya left him off for some kind of corrupt reason what an absolute shame. Kiptum vs. Kipchoge vs. Chebet would've been one hell of a race in Paris. All three were at one point considered the best marathoner in the world over a two-week period in April

Surprised this isn't a bigger story right now tbh. Is there another thread I'm missing?

Not sure if they would have announced a suspension if it was in the works.

I saw mentioned on Twitter that someone thought it could be because he qualified by winning NYC and Boston (not the qualifying time). Remember Ebenyo was initially left off the 10000m team for Budapest probably because he had world ranking instead of the standard (Kandie pulled out so Ebenyo got in). The argument against that is Brigid Kosgei being named

Faubel took the spot

Kosgei has the silver in last Olympics though?

Unfortunately, there’s also a third option, especially in light of recent information coming out of Kenya.

Please spell out this information.

Him trying to talk himself up for the Olympics is the only sliver of a good sign I see. Good thing we have serious journalists here who'll get to the bottom of this in no time.

Just like Brenda, I think it's a safe Chebet that we're going to be looking back at this thread in a few months time after the latest AIU announcement.

Made me smile.

Alexander Mutiso should've also made made the shortlist at least.

His prescription coverage expired?