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Sloppy booking? Drama as Team Kenya detained, miss world race over flight mix-up

Samuel Gathimba wins 10km race walk

Samuel Gathimba wins men's 10km race walk during third Athletics Kenya Track and Field Meeting at Nyayo Stadium in Nairobi on January 27, 2024. 

Photo credit: Chris Omollo | Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • The team ended up being detained at the Ercan International Airport since they didn’t have the transit visa to Cyprus
  • World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships went down on Sunday as Kenya failed to field a team after it proved futile to secure another flight to Antalya


Kenya might have squandered a chance to qualify more walkers to the Paris Olympic Games when their flight to Antalya, Turkiye, the venue of the World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships, was wrongly booked.

The team that left on Thursday midnight aboard a Turkish Airlines plane landed in Istanbul, Turkiye after seven hours and 20 minutes.