Champion becomes focus of attention

Before her Olympic 800 m title in August and $1 million Golden League jackpot in September, few people were interested in the family of Kenya's Pamela Jelimo.

Now suitors are trooping to her village in Kenya's Rift Valley to offer marriage and seven men have claimed to be her father, locals say.

Potential husbands have been told to ease off, though one - an athlete named Percy Murei - was in the background as the village of Koyo held celebrations recently to mark the 18-year-old Jelimo's success as Kenya's first female Olympic champion and first Golden League winner.