Stephen Kiprotich believes that his performance in the men's marathon at the London Olympics earlier today will have made the people of his homeland Uganda "very happy".
The 23-year-old broke clear of his two Kenyan arrivals in the closing stages to claim the gold medal in the English capital in a time of 2:08.01.
"It means a lot. Since 1972 we have never won a gold medal, so they are very happy," he told BBC Sport.
Kiprotich recently moved away from Uganda to Kenya for training purposes.
