'It's an insult' - Kenyans slam administrators for ugly statue erected in honour of multiple Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon
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Kenyans are highly livid with their athletics administrators and officials after erecting an ugly statue in honour of their multiple Olympic champion and World Record holder Faith Kipyegon.
The legendary middle and long-distance runner who's rated as the greatest women's 1500m runner in history, has won all medals at the world championships and the Olympics, while also being the World Record (WR) in the women's 1500m event.
ALL. THE. FEELS.
— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) August 10, 2024
3rd Olympic 1500m gold for 🇰🇪's Faith Kipyegon 😤
No one in history has won 3 1500m medals at the Olympics, let alone 3 golds 🤯#Paris2024 #Olympics pic.twitter.com/z0nQl3lIQt
At the just concluded Paris 2024 Games, Kipyegon clocked an Olympic Record of 3:51.29 to become the first woman in history to do a three-peat of gold medals in the 1500m event, which dates back to Rio 2016 and the delayed Tokyo 2021 Games.
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In addition, she won the silver medal behind her compatriot Beatrice Chebet in the 5000m event, thus leaving Paris with two medals.
Kipyegon's impact in Kenyan and World Athletics cannot be over-emphasised as she's one of the few athletes in history to win a world title at all levels (youth, junior, and senior).
Kenyan Runner, Faith Kipyegon is one of the best female Middle Distance and Long Distance Runners in the World.
— Africa Facts Zone (@AfricaFactsZone) August 15, 2024
She has won 2 Olympic Gold medal, 1 Olympic Silver medal, 4 World Championships Gold medals, 2 World Championships Silver medals, 1 World Relays Gold medal, 4 Diamond… pic.twitter.com/SI396uqmL4
Following her Paris 2024 exploits, the 30-year-old and other Kenyan Olympic medallists were honoured to a grand reception in Eldoret, Kenya with her statue being erected in the city.
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The general look of the statue has been termed 'ugly and insulting' by Kenyans, leading to various angry reactions online by slamming their administrators.
Here are some of them below.
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Eldoret City set to honour multiple Olympic Champion Faith Kipyegon with a statue, the sculptor should be arrested immediately pic.twitter.com/jRrCb2UiGK
— Dennis Okeyo (@dennisokeyo) August 14, 2024
Compare Eldoret 🇰🇪 vs Oregon 🇺🇸
— Eric Njiru (@EricNjiiru) August 14, 2024
We must call out bullshit. People are so unserious in this country pic.twitter.com/GyJxfdWix6
That Faith Kipyegon sculpture is not only an insult to her but to the Kenyan art community as a whole!
— 777Hz ✨ (@of_njeri) August 15, 2024
We have seasoned figurative sculptors like Ondula doing commissions for Nike. C’mon!
Ama ni majuu lighting? 😂 pic.twitter.com/NsOlG8jQTg
They've got this statue of Faith Kipyegon, the running legend. Now, you'd think a statue of an athlete would be all about grace and speed, but this one? Let's just say it's more "unique" than "unique."
— Abdifatah Mohamed 🌐 (@ABDIFAT83767162) August 14, 2024
Social media users have been having a field day. Imagine if statues could… pic.twitter.com/pBMGQ89rVl
This statue of Faith Kipyegon and others is exactly the description of what you order online and what you get😂#kasmuelmcoure #PadreNiMwizi pic.twitter.com/tJhlBSup9c
— Josh Oluga (@Josholuga) August 15, 2024
Is it a hard task to honor Faith Kipyegon with something like this in Eldoret ? pic.twitter.com/VGwdpVst3S
— GenZ Medic 🩺🇰🇪 (@Dr_LeoWk) August 15, 2024
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