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Associated Press 19y

Konchellah has two weeks to appeal sentence

HELSINKI, Finland -- Kenya's Billy Konchellah, the 800-meter
champion at the 1987 and 1991 world championships, has two weeks to
appeal a 2½-year sentence following his rape conviction .

He is serving his sentence in a prison in Oulu, 360 miles north
of Helsinki. He was sentenced Feb. 18 and has until March 21 to
appeal, regional court official Maire Fredriksson said Monday.

Konchellah also was convicted of sexually abusing a minor and a
drugging offense by the Oulu District Court in central Finland.

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