World Champion in the women's 800m Mary Moraa will be one of the red-hot favorites to win the Gold Medal in the race during this year's Paris Olympics in France.
Moraa who has risen from the youth championship held in Kenya, will be taking part in her second Olympic Games after she was eliminated in the semi-finals during the Tokyo Games.
However, she has since established herself, winning Bronze at the 2022 World Athletics Championship in Oregon before eventually rising to Glory during last year's games in Budapest.
She has also won a Gold medal at the Commonwealth Games.
Moraa has been stepping up her training alongside her compatriots at the Nyayo Stadium and she is confident she is ready to conquer Olympic games.
"I can say I am ready to go to Paris, I am ready for the competition, I have been training for the last three years telling myself the Olympic games are coming up in 2024 and finally we are almost there, my biggest target is to win Gold Medal," she said
Kenya has not won a Gold Medal in the women's event ever since Pamela Jelimo stormed to victory at the Beijing Olympics in 2008 and all eyes will be on Young Moraa as the Nation seeks to end their long wait.
Moraa has run alongside the likes of Eunice Sum who is a former world champion and she says she has learnt a lot from them.
"When I took part in the first Olympic games in Tokyo, I met the likes of Eunice Sum and I learnt a lot from them, at the moment when we are in camp, we are like sisters, we correct each other and discuss our plans together, we plan to reach to the finals and bring home medals," she added
Moraa who is a darling of many athletics fans across the world for her electrifying dance moves after victories is certain the Paris Games will not be a walk in the park for all our athletes but she acknowledges their preparations are going very well
"I can see in a competition anything can happen, you must be ready for anything but it all depends on the training you have done and how prepared you are, I can promise our Kenyan fans we are going to do our best and bring home medals," Moraa said
Moraa who will also take part in the women's 400M will be joined by Lillian Odira in the 800m.
