Kenyan Silas Kipruto won the Bix 7 road race yesterday, but not after some unusual conflict. Around mile 5, Kipruto took a swing at Ethiopia's Teshome Mekonen who apparently Kipruto felt was making contact with him from behind.
Mekonen ended up finishing 8th and filed a protest against Kipruto, but officials determined that Kipruto had not done anything “flagrant" and elite athlete coordinator John Tope said he was told it was “incidental contact.’’
Video of the altercation:
http://kwqc.com/2016/07/30/bix-winner-silas-kipruto-attempts-to-slap-competitor-during-race/
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