Kenyan Government Awards Kenya’s Olympic Athletes $163,000
President William Ruto (middle) with Kenya’s Olympic Athletes
The Kenyan Government has awarded Kenya’s Olympic athletes $163,000 in cash prizes.
Kenyan President, Dr William Ruto, hosted Kenya’s Olympic athletes on Thursday, August 15, 2024.
During the meeting in the capital, Nairobi, President Ruto praised Kenya’s Olympic athletes, Beatrice Chebet, Faith Kipyegon and the rest of the team for winning 11 Olympic medals, including four gold medals, at the just-concluded Paris Olympic 2024.
Kenya ranked 17th overall in the Olympic Games medals table and topped African countries at the games in France.
President Ruto stated during the meeting that “Kenya’s pride in athletes does not end in the 11 medals that we won in the Olympic Games. Our potential remains immense and underexploited.”
Gold medalists, Beatrice Chebet (women’s 10,000 and 5,000m), Faith Kipyegon (women’s 1500m) and Emmanuel Wanyonyi (men’s 800m) received 3 million Kenya shillings for each medal.
