Last updated 27 days ago | By Jonathan Komen
Tecla Chemabwai Sang, the first Kenyan woman Olympian who won a Silver medal at the 1972 Munich Olympics. Sang is now an athletics coach and director of Chemabwai Education Centre in Uasin Gishu County. 04.03.2020. [PHOTO BY KEVIN TUNOI, THE STANDARD]
Like Roger Bannister, the first man in history to run a mile in under four minutes in 1954, Kenyans, too, bask in a fair share of their athletics firsts.
They defied the perception of their illiteracy, travelled miles away to foreign land searching for fame and fortune at the height of colonial days.
Then they saw, conquered and went against all odds even while competing barefoot thanks to the former colonial master.