Team Kenya’s work cut out ahead of Tokyo Games

Kenya national relay team that qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games during trials Moi International Sports Stadium, Kasarani, on Saturday. [Jonah Onyango, The Standard]

History, threat and reprieve clearly define Kenya’s medal prospects at the Olympic Games that run in Tokyo, Japan, on July 23-August 8.

Kenyan women hope to make history in 10,000m and 3,000m steeplechase, where the nation has not won gold medals at the Olympic Games since her debut in 1960 in Rome, Italy.