Yego who is the African record and Commonwealth record holder for the event with a personal best of 92.72 metres, is popularly known as 'The Youtube Man' after the 2016 Olympic Silver medalist turned to the internet to learn how to throw by watching Youtube videos of Javelin athletes.
However, that's all people know about the African sports giant, but what really pushed him to rely on the internet instead of looking for local coaches?
In a long emotional post, Yego talks of how he almost gave up on his dream when no one showed efforts to nurture his talent, despite qualifying for the World Junior Championships in Poland.
When your back is against the wall what do you do? You try another route to get to your destination, something Yego did that saw him put Kenya on the map in the world of track and field events, away from long distance races.
Nobody was there for me to see if I was doing well or not, so I went to the cyber cafe. Through the internet I was able to see how the greats trained.
Read Yego's post in part.
Read his full post below where he takes us through the hustles and bustles he had to overcome to become the star he is now.
I began setting javelin records at school, but lack of support from the federation came between me and my dreams and after qualifying for the World Junior Championships in Poland, I could not attend the competition because I didn't have the support.At the moment I couldn't find a coach an (sic) turned to the internet to find one, through YouTube. YouTube helped me to learn from the best javelin throwers in the world.
This was in 2009, when I was now getting serious about training and I didn't have a coach. Nobody was there for me to see if I was doing well or not, so I went to the cyber cafe. Through the internet I was able to see how the greats trained.
At the 2011 All Africa Games I became the first Kenyan to win a title in a field event. I went ahead and later won silver in men javelin in the Rio Olympics 2016, despite being forced out of the final injured.
In Beijing, I won Kenya's fifth gold medal with a 92.72 M throw in a dramatic men's javelin final. It was the first time that Kenya, a nation noted for its distance-running prowess, has won a world title in a field event.
My throw is the longest anywhere since then and beats the Commonwealth record held by Briton Steve Backley since 1992.