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CS: World Athletics U20 championships will be spectator-free

Maurine Cherotich (Left) celebrates with Zenna Jeptoo after winning the 5000m women final during the Athletics Kenya Trials World U20 Championship at Kasarani stadium in Nairobi, Kenya on July 01, 2021. [Stafford Ondego, Standard]

The World Under-20 championship slated for August 17 to 22 at Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani, Nairobi, will be a spectator free event as a precautionary measure according to Sports Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed.

 With Kenya being one of the countries that are yet to vaccinate over 50 percent of her population, CS. Amina said it would be unreasonable and unsafe to have fans in the stadium.

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