Biography of stephen cheronos

This is courtesy of a man who only a month ago was one of Kenya's top runners.

Saif Saeed Shaheen of Qatar, who used to be known as Stephen Cherono of Kenya, won a gold medal in the 3,m steeplechase at the world championships in Paris on Tuesday evening, narrowly beating his former team-mate Ezekiel Kemboi into second place.

For changing his nationality, and winning the steeplechase Saif Saeed Shaheen is reported to be receiving $1m and payments of $1, a month for life.

And Shaheen's win also ends Kenyan domination of the event in which the nation secured the previous six world titles and the last five Olympic gold medals.

Kenyan sports enthusiast Jack Okoth told the BBC that even being poor was no excuse for abandoning ones nationality, as Shaheen had do