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Beijing was my turning point, says Jelimo

Pamela Jelimo

By Chris Musumba

The Olympics is the ultimate stage in an athlete’s career and it was no fluke when Pamela Jelimo wrote history in Beijing 2008 to become the first Kenyan woman to clinch gold in the games history.

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