The national women's hockey team have received a timely boost after National Olympic Committee of Kenya donated Sh3m Support Grant on Tuesday at the City Park Stadium.
The grant will help the team prepare adequately for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games qualifiers and comes exactly 347 days before the start of the quadrennial games.
The team was nominated following their good performances at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, last year.
The grant is meant to help the team navigate through the qualifying process for Paris 2024.
The African Olympic qualifiers are set for October 29 to November 5 at the University of Pretoria in South Africa.
Kenya will compete against Namibia, Ghana, Nigeria, Uganda and Zimbabwe for the sole slot reserved for the continent.
In addition to the grant, Nock secretary general Francis Mutuku said they will offer technical support to the team including the provision of nutritionists, sports psychologists, mental coaches, food, transport and player allowances as well as training equipment for the team.
