News Kenya’s Kipchoge "Kip" Keino, President of the National Olympic Committee of Kenya and double Olympic gold-medal-winning athlete, visited the Rio 2016 Organising Committee to get a feel for the 2016 host city and see for himself how things are shaping up ahead of the Games In Rio de Janeiro since the Friday 12 June, Keino will be taking part in meetings and site visits across all four of the Rio 2016 venue zones until Wednesday (17) "I am very impressed with the preparations for the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games I am very proud to see how everything is progressing The upcoming Games are very important for the Olympic movement, and I'm sure that all the countries will be united in Rio de Janeiro," said Keino   Kip Keino won gold in the 3,000 meters steeplechase in Munich in 1972 (Photo: Getty Images)   Keino is a member of the Laureus Academy (the organisation which distributes the Laureus Prize – known as the "Oscars of sport"), and he has two Olympic titles under his belt He won his last Olympic gold in the 3,000m steeplechase in Munich in 1972, and the first in the 1,500m at the Mexico City Games in 1968 – the year he arrived at the stadium well warmed-up, after having to walk more than 1 5 kilometres so as not to be late after the bus he was on got stuck in traffic In addition to his gold-medal wins, he also won two Olympic silvers during his career – in the 5,000m at the 1968 Mexico City Games and in the 1,500m at Munich 1972 After retiring from athletics, Keino took up rugby to keep his sporting ambitions occupied His four Olympic medals contribute to a surprising Olympic statistic: of the total 86 Olympic medals that Kenya has won, 79 were for athletics – all in long-distance events The country’s remaining seven medals were for boxing Kenya is evidently a force to be reckoned with on the athletics field, but as well as showcasing his country’s traditional strong suit, Keino is keen to Kenya succeed in other arenas at the 2016 Games "As always, we will do our best in athletics It is a sport in which we can show our talent to the world But we also want to perform to the best of our abilities in all sports, which is why we are here in Rio – to get a feel for the conditions under which we will compete, analyse the program, understand the infrastructure – things like the ease of transport and the entire organization of the Games," said the Kenyan Besides his profound engagement with sports, Keino’s reach extends to the social sphere He owns an orphanage and a school in Kenya, funded by his own money and through donations Pleased with the progress of preparations for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, Keino did not hide his excitement about the next edition of the biggest sporting event on the planet:   "I think the Games will be wonderful People from around the globe will be watching, and everyone wants to see the world’s best athletes in action I believe and hope that the Rio 2016 Organising Committee will put on the best edition of the Games that the Olympic movement has ever seen,” he said   Kipchoge "Kip" Keino is hoping for a golden performance for Kenya at Rio 2016 (Photo: Lucas Freitas/2016)