Kenyan long-distance runner has feet amputated

A KENYAN long-distance runner who spent more than two days lost in snow storms in the US state of Alaska has had his feet amputated just above the ankles.

When Marko Cheseto, who competed on the track for the University of Alaska Anchorage, disappeared he was not wearing protective winter clothing.

After he was found on 9 November he was suffering from hypothermia and severe frostbite on his feet and hands.