BETSY SAINA ON THE RISE: US-based 10,000m star talks up her chances at Rio Olympics

Batsy Saina fist up to finish second in the women's 10,000m finals to qualify for the Rion Olympics Games during the National Olympics Trials on June 30,2016 at kipchoge Stadium, Eldoret.[PHOTO:DENNIS OKEYO/STANDARD]

She is among three foreign-based athletes who flew into the country and made the cut to the Rio Olympic Games.

Betsy Saina, a nurse from Iowa State University in the US, lived up to her billing to pick the coveted ticket to the Olympics Games that kicks off on August 5.