StAY Alive Strikes Gold At The African Athletics Championships

We are on the big stage. What may have surprised many during the 2007 edition of Operation 25, the fundraising walk held annually to support StAY Alives activities, majorly the KATAA Initiative was the lady who just walked and walked and completed the course in no time!!! When done with the walk the lady walker spruced up and went to work - kama kawaida.

What will surprise others even more is that that same lady is the toast of the country after enduring the early morning rain and breaking the championship record during the recently concluded African Athletics Championship.

Grace Wanjiru scooped gold for Kenya in a championship record of one hour 39 minutes and 50 seconds. An elated Wanjiru said she is happy to win her second African title. Wanjiru won her first title in Brazzaville, Congo in 2004 in the previous Championship record of 1:42:45. “The rain was just too much but it did not bother me much. I will train hard to see whether I can get a shot at the Olympic Games,” she said.

Kenya won a total of 16 medals in the championship made up of five golds, five silver and six bronze medals to finish fourth behind South Africa, Nigeria and Ethiopia.

Well... Operation 25 and StAY Alive might be heading to Beijing. We wish Grace well in her pursuit.

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Grace & Geoffrey During The 2007 Edition of Operation 25. Geoff, you should think of taking your talent to the next level!!

Grace Wanjiru celebrates after winning the women’s 20km walk final in the African Athletics Championships in Addis Ababa