Olympian Beatrice Chebet is the LG/SJAK Sports Personality of the Month (SPOM) for August 2024, following her stunning performance at the Paris 2024 Olympics
This is the fifth time Chebet is winning the LS/SJAK SPOM award.
At the Olympics she took home two golds in the women’s 5,000 and 10,000m races.
The two-time World Athletics Cross Country champion made history as the first Kenyan woman to win two gold medals in a single Olympics Games on her debut in the Summer Games.
Chebet, 24, won the 10,000m race in 30:43.25 at the Stade de France, four days after bagging the 5,000m gold.
In the 5,000m final, she became the second woman in Kenyan history to win the event after Vivian Cheruiyot’s victory in the Rio 2016 Games.
LG’s Managing Director for East Africa, Dongwon Lee, said Chebet’s performance at the Olympics was nothing short of outstanding.
It was a tough call for the SPOM panelists to decide between Chebet and Kipyegon, with the latter making history as the first Kenyan to win the 1,500m Olympics title back-to-back after setting a new Olympic record of 03:51.29.
The other nominees for the award included Emmanuel Wanyonyi, who won Kenya’s fifth consecutive gold medal in the 800m Olympics race, and KCB Rugby Halfback Emmanuel Opondo, who played a key role as the bankers won their third consecutive Kabereri Sevens title.
He was also named the most valuable player of the tournament after scoring a try and a conversion, while passing numerous plays that enabled his teammates beat the Menengai Oilers 29-07.
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Harambee Starlets and Kenya Police Bullets FC goalkeeper, Annedy Kundu, also made the nomination list following her exemplary performance at 2024 CECAFA Women’s Challenge Cup, where she was also named the most valuable player.
Other nominees were cricket player Kreeshna Mehta, who is part of the Kenya U-19 team.
He was recognised for the 288 runs she made as Kenya beat Malawi at the ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup Africa Division 2 Qualifiers in Kigali, Rwanda.
Africa Division 2 Qualifiers in Kigali, Rwanda. World U-20, 5000m champion, Andrew Alamisi, who won Kenya’s second gold in history in the event in Lima, Peru, was also in consideration.
