Kenyan athletes land in Trinidad and Tobago for seventh Commonwealth Youth Games

The first batch of the team representing Kenya at the seventh commonwealth Youth Games has arrived in Trinidad and Tobago where the competitions will take place.

Kenya will be represented by a total of 38 athletes in seven sports disciplines at the Youth club games.

The teams had a two-week residential training camp with cycling, girls’ rugby, para athletics and athletics teams training at Kasarani Stadium while the beach volleyball, triathlon and swimming counterparts were based in Kilifi.

Cycling will be based in Trinidad and will start the individual time trial with Daniel Kiptala and Billy Graham taking the stage on the August 5.

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The duo, will take a day off and come back on Monday 7 for the road race with medal ceremony for each of the two events happening at the end of the competition days respectively.

“I am happy to finally be here for the competitions; the flight was good and we are here two days early which is enough to get used to the weather and the general environment before we get to compete,” said Kiptala.

Team Kenya Chief Executive Officer Camilyne Oyuayo is optimistic that the team will do well despite being their first appearance in the international stage.

“We hope that they will be able to hoist our flag with honor and pride because we have seen them practice and will make progress if not win medals, which the overall goal,” said Oyuayo

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Triathlon, rugby and beach volleyball competitions will be held in Tobago while cycling, athletics, Para-athletics and swimming will ply their trade in Trinidad.

The opening ceremony will take place in Trinidad on the August 4 while the closing ceremony will be in Tobago.