Kenyas President William Ruto commended the country's Olympic athletes for their outstanding performance at the Paris 2024 games and awarded them a total of $163,000 in recognition of their achievements.
Kenya secured the 17th position overall in the medals table and emerged as the top-performing African country at the Games.
Kenya's pride in athletics does not end in the 11 medals that we won in the Olympic Games . Our potential remains immense and underexploited, Ruto said.
Gold medalists Beatrice Chebet (womens 10,000 and 5,000m), Faith Kipyegon (womens 1500m), and Emmanuel Wanyonyi (Mens 800m) received 3 million Kenya shillings for each medal.
Faith Kipyegon (womens 5000m) and Ronald Kwemoi (mens 5000m) were awarded 2 million Kenya shillings, respectively, for winning silver.
