Women’s 5,000m Olympics silver medallist Hellen Onsando Obiri was over the moon yesterday when she bagged the Sports Journalists Association of Kenya (SJAK)/Star Times’s Sports Personality of the Month Award for being the outstanding Kenyan athlete in August.
Obiri beat very stiff competition from 1,500m world and Olympics champion Faith Kipyegon, world marathon champion Geoffrey Kirui, 3,000m steeplechase world champion Conseslus Kipruto and Wiyeta Girls Secondary School goal keeper Diana Tembesi.