IAAF World Junior champion Nyairera Nyairera dedicates win to her mum

2014 world Junior Athletics Championship Gold medallist Ms Margaret Nyairera waves at Nyeri town residents when atop a vehicle that she drove in back to Nyeri, where she received a rousing welcome.

NYERI, KENYA: When Margaret Nyairera Wambui took to the track in the 800m finals during the IAAF World Junior Championships in Oregon last week, one image was glued to her mind: that of her mother.

Nyairera, 18, recalled the hardships she and her siblings have gone through, with their mother always encouraging them whenever they toil in people’s farms to bring some food on the table.