Kenyan Olympic marathon medalist referred to prosecutors over assault

Eric Wainaina, a Kenyan former marathon runner and a two-time Olympic medalist, was referred to prosecutors on Thursday for allegedly slapping a woman and station worker in Tokyo in March, police said.The 50-year-old, who won a bronze in Atlanta in 1996 and a silver in Sydney in 2000, is suspected of attacking the woman, aged under 20, and the male member of staff in his 50s at Komazawa-daigaku Station around 10 p.m. on March 27 and leaving the man slightly injured, according to the police.Wainaina has admitted to the allegations and was quoted by the police as saying, "There are things I d…READ FULL ARTICLE