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The 2024 World Indoor Championships saw Kenya exit unceremoniously after bagging one medal and an African record and from the assessment, Athletics Kenya needs to do more.
Athletics Kenya sent a total of 13 athletes to represent the country at the World Indoor Championships in Glasgow, Scotland and unlike their performance in the outdoor season, the athletes could not live up to the billing.
World 3000m steeplechase record holder Beatrice Chepkoech is the only athlete who bagged a medal, winning a bronze medal in her speciality.
Africa’s fastest man Ferdinand Omanyala managed to finish fourth in the 60m while the 4x400m men’s relay team also finished fourth, clocking an African record time of 3:06.71.
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In the 800m, no Kenyan athlete made it to the final of the men’s race while in the women’s race, Vivian Kiprotich finished fourth at the event.
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After recording mixed results on the global stage, national 400m champion Zablon Ekwam, who was part of the 4x400m relay team, lamented that the lack of preparedness was a major undoing to the team.
“The experience was good but there is a lot to be done as far as indoor championships are concerned. There is no way you can take a team today, put them in a hotel for three days, and then tell them to go and compete indoors.
“It was my first time competing in indoors and when I got there, I was confused. But as time goes, the little time I spent there, we went to the field and assessed but it was very difficult to compete in the indoors.
“One lap in the field is 200m and in Africa, there is no stadium built like that…we were just seeing it for the first time,” Ekwam said.
The 400m athlete noted that finishing fourth was a plus for them since they lacked experience racing on such a track. The top honours in the race were taken by Belgium in 3:02.54 with the United States and the Netherlands finishing second and third respectively.
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Ekwam explained that having a training camp beforehand would have changed the situation and they would have finished in the podium bracket.
“I was content with number four…the difference between us and those who were number one was a 30m gap and if we had early preparations, we would have certainly done better.
“We would appreciate being taken to other indoor competitions like being taken to France where there are indoor tracks. The only people in our team who had been in the indoor track were Wiseman Were and Boniface Mweresa.
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“As we were travelling there, we were only talking about the theory and we learned that there are sharp bends and the stretches are short,” he said.
He also pleaded with Athletics Kenya to organise training camps ahead of the next indoor championship to ensure Kenya shines both in outdoor and indoor events.
“It would be better if we had an indoor track and we also request the government to build us one. I know it’s difficult but it would help us a lot.
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“But I’d want them to invest in constructing the outdoor tracks first because the stadiums are not enough,” he said.
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