Cyrus Njui Explained

Cyrus Gichobi Njui (born 11 February 1986) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specialises in road running competitions.

Njui initially competed in the steeplechase and the 10,000 metres. He moved to Japan at a young age and studied at Ryutsu Keizai University. In 2006 he won the Sapporo Half Marathon (running for Nissan Motors) and was part of the winning Kenyan team at the International Chiba Ekiden.^[1] ^[2]

In 2010 he won both the Sapporo Half Marathon and the Hokkaido Marathon, recording a time of 2:11:22 hours at the latter event (the second fastest in the history of the race).^[3] ^[4] He improved his marathon best to 2:09:10 hours to take fifth place at the 2011 Tokyo Marathon and defended his Sapporo title in June.^[5] ^[6]

Njui received an 8-month doping ban as a result of a failed drug test at the 2015 Hokkaido Marathon.^[7]

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Notes and References

News: Nakamura. Ken. Kenya dominate at Chiba Ekiden. 23 November 2006. IAAF. 30 April 2016.
News: Nakamura . Ken . 9 July 2006 . Noguchi wins in Sapporo as Ndereba's challenge never materializes . IAAF . 5 July 2011 . 25 August 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120825131913/http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind%3D2/newsId%3D35257.html . dead .
News: Nakamura . Ken . 4 July 2010 . Njui and Kano take Sapporo Half Marathon titles . IAAF . 5 July 2011 . 7 July 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100707061745/http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind%3D100/newsid%3D57275.html . dead .
News: Nakamura. Ken. 29 August 2010. Njui and Hara win sweltering Hokkaido Marathon. IAAF. 30 April 2016.
News: Njui and Kiplagat win in Sapporo. Nakamura. Ken. 3 July 2011. IAAF. 30 April 2016.
News: Nakamura. Ken. 27 February 2011. 30 April 2016. IAAF. Mekonnen triumphs in Tokyo in 2:07:35.
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