Kericho Explorers

Ferdinand Omanyala the beast. Personal best record of 9.77 seconds.

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Faith Kipyegon is the 2021 Diamond League 1500m champion.

The Olympic champion defeated perennial rival Sifan Hassan in the final 100m stretch to emerge top with a time of 3:58.33.

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Mary Orie Rogo Manduli was born in Maseno, Kisumu County in 1948 to Gordon Rogo and Zeruiah Adhiambo.
Orie Manduli who I the first woman Kenyan Safari Rally driver passed away at the age of 71. She passed away at her home at Riverside area in Nairobi County due to an undisclosed illness.
She was the first of many: the first woman safari rally driver, the first Miss World Kenya at only 16 years and being the Safari Rally driver when she took part in the 1974 edition alongside her late co-driver Sylvia Omino.

A politician by a later age and often donning a distinguishable headscarf, she represented her elder life in politics and philanthropic activities. We celebrate you.

Today we look into the life of one legendary athlete Wilson Kipturgut Chumo. You might have heard of him, but did not witness his prowess in the tracks many years ago. He won Kenya’s first Olympic medal in the 1964 Olympic Games when he won bronze in the 800 metres.

That was his first. Born in 1938 in Kericho County, 83-year-old Wilson started his career at young age while attending school at Kaptebeswet Primary School and Sitotwet Intermediate School. His track record was so impressive that he was notice while competing at the East and Central African Championships.

He was part of the Kenyan 4 × 440 yards relay team at the 1962 Commonwealth Games which finished fifth. He won two gold medals (in the 400 and 800 metres) at the inaugural All-Africa Games in 1965. He thereafter won the 880 yards bronze medal at the 1966 Commonwealth Games.

The County Government of Kericho through the Governor H.E Paul Chepkwony has since recognized his contributions and named the Kericho Green Stadium after him. In 2010 he won the Kenyan Sports Personality of the Year award.

The octogenarian now lives a quiet and peaceful life at his retirement home in Kericho County.

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Delilah Asiago now picks tea at Cherangany, Trans Nzoia County.

Asiago is a world renowned athlete who won major athletic competitions where she bagged gold medals and millions in cash money during her era. She represented Kenya in long-distance competitions from 1991 and ended her career in 2006.

Born in the year 1972, the retired athlete now lives in abject poverty with not much to show for as she battles depression; living alone in her rural home.

Her wins in the competitions include; 1995 Falmouth Road Race where she emerged 1st,
1995 Steamboat Classic, 1st (time 19:28, a 4-Mile world record), 1995 - Bay to Breakers, 1st, (time 38:23, a 12-km world record), 2002 - Great Lake Marathon, 1st, 2003 - Nairobi Marathon, 2nd, 2004 - Rotterdam Marathon, 6th (time 2:37:24, her personal record), 2005 - Nairobi Marathon, 6th, 2006 - Dubai Marathon, 1st and the 2006 - Salt Lake City Marathon, 3rd.

Her trouble however started after she was banned for two years after she tested positive for doping during the 1999 Saint Silvester Race.

She now appeals for help from the Kenyan government and the athletics bodies to help her regain her lost glory.

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Today we celebrate Eliud Kipchoge. He runs a marathon and wins gold and goes back to tend to his farm. What a hero. One word for him...

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