Raising champions: The Kenyan runners confronting domestic abuse

In Iten, a Kenyan city producing world-class runners, the homicide of a well-known Olympian has led to a reckoning with gender-based violence.

Famend for his or her stamina, energy and pace, Kenyan runners have gained 34 Olympic gold medals and numerous marathons. Many prepare in Iten, a rural city within the excessive altitudes of the Rift Valley.

Located amongst acres of maize fields and pine bushes, with cool air and limitless dust trails, Iten is a runner’s dream, attracting athletes from around the globe. Aspiring skilled athletes prepare in camps dotted throughout the city, working in giant packs from early morning.

Whereas Iten has been lauded as the right coaching floor, the latest killing of world document holder Agnes Tirop shocked many, exposing Kenya’s points with gender-based violence.

On this episode of A Sense of Neighborhood, a four-part sequence in regards to the challenges distinctive neighbourhoods around the globe face, we meet the Kenyan feminine athletes chasing glory – whereas in search of to upend the established order.