Gold medalist Faith Kipyegon, of Kenya, celebrates after the women's 1500-meter run at the World Athletics Championships 2022. [AP]
At the Olympics Games Melbourne in 1956, Maiyoro wound up seventh in the 5,000m final.
It was particularly exciting for Maiyoro who did not understand the starter's English language and reacted late after his competitors had left. He however set the ball rolling for Kenya's superlative performance in athletics.
At the 1960 Olympics in Rome, where Abebe Bikila won East Africa's first Olympic gold medal in the marathon event, Maiyoro was sixth in 5,000m and Seraphino Antao and the late Bartonjo Rotich reached the semi-finals of the 100m and 400m hurdles.
At the 1962 Commonwealth Games Antao won Kenya's first gold medals in the 100 and 220-yard sprints at the Commonwealth Games while Kipchoge Keino made his first appearance in global athletics.
Wilson Kiprugut Chumo struck Kenya's first Olympic medal when he won 800m bronze medal at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics before Kenya went ahead to win 11 medals including three gold by Amos Biwott in the steeplechase, Naftali Temu in the 10,000m, Amos Biwott in the steeplechase and Kipchoge Keino in the 1,500m at the 1968 Olympics -an indicator that there had been a steady progression between 1954 and 1968.
On July 17, 1976, a lay Irish missionary Brother Colm O'Connell came to St Patrick's Iten to teach Geography and continued the strong athletics training program at the school.
Peter Forster, the brother of British Olympic 10,000m bronze medallist Brendan Forster, was running the program.
St Patrick's had already produced top-notch runners among them Mike Boit, the 800m bronze medallist at the Munich Olympics.
By 1980's, 'sibling rivalry' began to headline Kenya's athletics storyline -right from Olympic Games, World Championships, World Cross-Country to Africa cross-country contests.
Kenya's Hellen Onsando Obiri (R) and Kenya's Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot (gold medal) pose during the podium ceremony for the Women's 5000m during the athletics event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in 2016. [AP]
Mathew Birir made the 1992 Olympics team in the 3,000m steeplechase with his younger brother Jonah Birir, who competed in 1,500m. Mathew bagged the gold medal while Jonah bowed out in the semi-final.
There is also the Cherono siblings in Keiyo North -Christoper 'Jogoo', Abraham and Qatari's Saif Said Shaheen formerly Stephen Cherono.
Some of these siblings stage rivalries competing in the national team or, at times, representing their adopted nations.
There has been a fierce track battle between Qatar's Saif Said Shaheen (formerly Stephen Cherono of Kenya) and his immediate elder Abraham Cherono at major championships -each on his national jersey -offer refreshing moments of sibling rivalry.
There is also the Kibet family from Kapchorwa village in Keiyo South, who has been unleashing a ceaseless fight on the tracks.
The Kibets bask in the rare fry of sporting with three of the running daughters, alongside their Dutch cousin Lorna Kiplagat, competing at international level. Other three are faring well at local competitions.
Twins Ivy Jepkoech and Elvin Jelimo are training together with their younger sister Valentine Jepngetich in Iten as they seek qualifying times for United States track scholarships. Valentine has competed in some races in The Netherlands.
The late Some Muge sons and a daughter have produced spectacular sights to behold in track and cross-country running -just like their father, who was Kenya's first medalist at the IAAF World Cross-Country Championships in 1983.
Mathew Kisorio and Peter Kimeli were in the national junior team at the IAAF world cross-country championships in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 2008.
Their immediate younger brother Nicholas Togom won gold at the Africa cross-country in Cape Town in 2011.
At the World Championships in Oregon, there were more than 40 former Kenyans representing the USA, Turkey, Bahrain, Kazakhstan, Belgium, Israel, Qatar and others.
The world beating stars then attributed their change of citizenship to lack of compensatory remuneration from the Government.
In football, Kenya has failed to qualify for the Fifa World Cup and even host the Africa Cup of Nations despite winning the bid in 1996.
The nation was unable to host the African Nations Championship despite winning the bid in 2018.
Kenya celebrates Madaraka Day with the sad news of Kenya Sevens, Shujaa, getting relegated from the World Rugby Series.