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COVID-19 forces athletes to sprint to Nairobi for races

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Ferdinand Omanyala in Nairobi County Athletics Kenya track and field meet at Kasarani. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

The threat posed by Covid-19 pandemic on sporting events is not over yet and the 2021 track and field meetings are bearing the brunt.

It began with the moving of all the four Athletics Kenya relay series to Nairobi earlier in January.

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