Tokyo prosecutors drop assault case against Kenyan Olympic medalist

Prosecutors on Wednesday dropped their case against former Kenyan marathon runner and two-time Olympic medalist Eric Wainaina, who had been accused of assaulting a woman and a station worker in the capital in March.The Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office did not provide a reason for dropping the charges against Wainaina. The 50-year-old former athlete won a bronze medal in Atlanta in 1996 and silver in Sydney in 2000.Tokyo police referred the case to prosecutors in May, alleging that Wainaina slapped a woman and a male staff member at Komazawa-daigaku Station in the capital's Setagaya …READ FULL ARTICLE