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At the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham in August, Kenya harvested 21 medals; six gold, five silver and 10 bronze, with athletics forming the country's major harvest during the Club Games, save for a bronze from powerlifting courtesy of Hellen Wawira.
Clean podium sweeps in road and track races lit up the athletics scene in 2022.
For example, Kenyan women delivered a fashionable performance on September 3 to catalog a clean podium sweep in the 10km race at the 2022 Birell Prague Grand Prix.
Former World Cross Country champion Irene Cheptai led her countrywomen Jesca Jelangat and Faith Cherono to a 1-2-3 finish in the race.
Cheptai, who won a 10,000m silver medal for Kenya at the 2022 World Championship crossed the finish line in a 30:16.00 personal best to claim the title.
Another clean podium sweep for Kenya was produced at the Summer Deaflympics Games in Caxias Do Sul, Brazil after record holder Simon Cherono Kibai led Kenya to a 1-2-3 finish as he defended his men's 10,000m title in May.
"I was well prepared for a win in the race, and I am glad that I led my compatriots to a podium sweep," Kibai said.
The 2022 clean podium sweep by Kenya was a replica of the 2017 Deaflympics performance in Samsun Turkey, where Kibai had also led compatriots Daniel Kitum and Peter Toroitich in claiming all the three medals.
Olympic bronze medallist Benjamin Kigen led Kenyans to a podium sweep in the 3,000m steeplechase at the Paris Diamond League in France.
Olympic and world champion Soufiane El Bakkali from Morocco, who was the race favourite faltered in the first lap as Conseslus Kipruto pulled out.
Kigen chalked up a world lead time of 8:07.12 seconds as Commonwealth Games champion Abraham Kibiwott placed second in 8:09.35.
And at the Venice marathon, Lucy Karimi led a clean podium sweep for Kenyan women when she crossed the finish line first in 2:27.12 followed by Rebecca Chesir Kangogo (2:29.14) and third placed Caroline Jebet Korir who completed the podium in 2:29.46 in the race that became a Kenyan affair.
Karimi launched her decisive kick at 35 km, building up a gap of 18 seconds over Chesir in the marathon.
A leading pack of Rebecca Chesir Kangogo, Siyum Alemayehu, Jifar Fantu Zewude, Caroline Kirui Jebet, Elvanie Nimbona, Amane Gemeda Gobena, and Lucy Karimi went through at 15 km 52:01 and 21 km in 1:13:11 had formed.
But the leaders whittled to five athletes at 30km when Korir, Chesir Kangogo, Jifar, and Karimi pulled away from the rest of the field.
A number of local road races among them the Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon, Eldoret City Marathon and the inaugural edition of Iten International Marathon happened with a great measure of success, according to enthusiasts.
The doping crisis dimmed the stars of more than 25 athletes this year, placing Kenya under a sharp focus.
"If we are serious in kicking out doping out of Kenya, we have to register all coaches and have the right camps. We have no right camps in Iten, what we have are accommodation centres. How can Adak trace private accommodation centres?" Kipchoge said in Iten on December 18.