World 800m champion Mary Moraa (centre) joins leaders from Kisii County in a dance during her homecoming ceremony at Ichuni grounds in Nyaribari Masaba on October 15, 2023.
Moraa, who is also the Commonwealth Games 800 metres champion, was Sunday treated to a heroic welcome in Kisii town organised by the county government of Kisii
The 23-year-old Moraa, who timed 1:56.03 on August 27 in Budapest to clinch the world title, paid a courtesy call to Kisii Governor Simba Arati at his office before her convoy snaked its way into the streets of Kisii town
Moraa also thanked her former principal at Mogonga Secondary School Haron Onchong'a and Athletics Kenya Nyanza South chairman Peter Angwenyi for paying for her school fees
The newly crowned World 800 metres champion Mary Moraa has dedicated the title to her mentor Hellen Obiri.
Obiri is a double world 5,000 metres champion and also two-time Olympic silver medallist over the same distance.
