Why would I root for a 2:11 Kenyan marathoner? They're a dime a dozen. Don't think he's Kenyan? He admits that he's Kenyan right here-
https://twitter.com/elkip2005/status/321575891266330624
("â€@elkip2005
Today God has come to our God fearing country Kenya!!!"). That was just 2.5 years ago. He also at least implies that he's Kenyan in this 1.5 year old tweet, where he - and this will make some SJW heads explode - claims that homosexuality is against "our traditions and values"-
https://twitter.com/elkip2005/status/428869177706041344
("â€@KTNKenya
What are your thoughts on Homosexuality? #MorningExpressKTN cc @SophiaWanuna Elkanah Kibet â€@elkip2005 @KTNKenya @SophiaWanuna our values and traditions should not be changed!")
If Kibet takes a spot on the US Olympic marathon team it's a huge injustice to American runners.
Also, just an quick impression from scrolling Kibet's timeline, but if this guy runs the Olympic marathon for the United States then we'll have come a long way from guys like Yale graduate Frank Shorter or West Point engineering and linguistics grad Dan Browne.