Para athletes deserve recognition just like their Olympic mates
World Paralympic Champion, Nancy Chelangat, 25 displays some of her medals during the interview at their home in Kaliyet village, Kipkelion West in Kericho County on September 11, 2023.
Chelangat, who prefers to be called ‘Chela,’ was born blind, but you won’t be able to tell immediately, if you look at her achievements
Chelangat won silver and bronze in the 2019 Paralympics, and gold in the World Championship in July this year
An Olympic gold medal feels, weighs and looks the same way a Paralympic gold medal does
By the time you read this opinion, Mashujaa Day celebrations may be in top gear all across the country. At about midday at Kericho Green Stadium, the Head of State will call out names of a number of ‘Shujaas’ (notice the quotes) who have made the country proud in one way or the other.
Some of those awardees will be more deserving than others, as history has showed us, but if there is one person who deserves praise, flowers and the HSC title today, it is Kericho-born and bred Paralympian Nancy Chelangat Koech.
