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Komen and Wakiihuri urge counties to build proper sports facilities

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From left- 1500M Men Festus Lagat, Reynold Cheruiyot, Abel Kipsang, Brian Komen and Timothy Cheruiyot during the World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025. [File, Standard]

Athletics legends have asked county governments to have proper sport facilities to help nurture talent.

The legends said that ease of access to the few facilities in the counties and the country has been made it very difficult even as the same places have not been made to accommodate different sports disciplines.

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