A YouTube screengrab of Kenya’s Evans Chebet with his coach (turned interpreter) at a pre-race interview ahead of the New York City Marathon in November 2022. Image source; Letsrundotcom When Kenya’s long-distance runner Evans Chebet spoke to journalists ahead of, and after his New York City and Boston Marathon races, his interviews broke the language mold. Chebet who won both races — the New York City a few days ago and the Boston in April — gave his media interviews in the language that was most comfortable to him, Kiswahili. His choice of Kiswahili over English, which has been the standard,…
