News14 Jul 2007


World Youth champion Salel gets courtesy call from legend Moses Tanui

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Daniel Lemashon Salel of Kenya wins the 3000m final (© Getty Images)

"I will celebrate the victory when I come back home. It is a habit to celebrate victory together with my family in my home town.

"I come from Masai tribe and I used to run 6 kms every morning and afernoon to school. Now I am in a boarding school and I train twice a day in high altitude.

"Apart from training, I also find time for hobbies such as watching movies and reading books.

"I started to compete two years ago and my greatest idol is Moses Tanui (just at that moment Ottavio Castellini from the IAAF handed over a mobile phone and Moses Tanui was on the other line).

"Moses Tanui has just congratulated me, I now know him!"

3000m Boys Gold medallist - Daniel Lemashon Salel, KEN

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