ALL the great champions invariably have one thing in common.

LEADING sports injury therapist Gerard Hartmann will open a new clinic at one of the most famous high altitude training camps in Kenya next week.

World junior champion Linet Masai will miss tomorrow’s Belfast International Cross Country after failing to get a flight from riot-torn Kenya.

PREDICTABLY, the Kenyan team of athletes returned home from the World Indoor Championships in Birmingham with a clutch of medals and in the process posed fresh problems for one of the least enthusiastic gardeners in Africa.