World record holder Faith Kipyegon on Tuesday displayed her emotional side before President William Ruto.
This was after she received a house worth millions from the Kenya Kwanza government.
To celebrate her exploits on the tracks Ruto awarded Kipyegon with Sh5 million and a house worth Sh6 million.
The President said the reward is for the two records she broke for 5,000 metres and 1,500 metres.
Giving her speech at State House, a teary Kipyegon said she can now buy her father a new vehicle.
"I can finally buy my father a car," an emotional Kipyegon said.
Kipyegon revealed she had promised to gift her elderly father a new vehicle if she broke the world record.
The promise she says will now be able to keep, with the cash reward from the government.
“Thank you so much, Mr President. I’m so happy with the reward, now I can own a house in Nairobi, and with the money, I can say now I can buy my father a car. I promised him that when I broke the World Record I was going to buy him a car ...now I can fulfil my promise,” Kipyegon said
Kipyegon broke two World Records in a span of one week at the Diamond League in Florence, Italy and Paris, France; she ran the 1,500 metres in a time of 3:49.11 and the 5,000 metres in 14:05.20.
