Mary Waithera and her guide James Boit (right) and Nancy Chelangat and her guide Geoffrey Rotich during the women's 1,500m T11 final during the Paralympic Games at Stade de France on September 2, 2024.
Two more Kenyans are yet to compete, the 2022 world champion, powerlifter Hellen Wawira, who will take the bench in women’s under-41kg on Thursday, and para cyclist Kennedy Ogada, who will field in Time Trials on Wednesday and Road Cycling on Friday.
Kenya has never failed to win a medal at the Paralympics since making its debut at the 1972 Games in Germany, even though the country didn’t send a team for the 1976 US Games.
In Paris
Crestfallen Kenya will return from the Paralympic Games without a medal in athletics (track) after hopefuls in the women's 1,500-metre T11 final faltered at Stade de France on Monday.
