I used to play football, gymnastics. After that we got a teacher [who] introduced us to running. I started running and knowing that athletics might [… - Faith Kipyegon

Because we as athletes take what we have given by God [as] our talent. To inspire the young generation and upcoming athletes to know that if you take it seriously, it can put you on another level in the world.

It’s the love of the sport. Wanting to inspire the young generation and the young girls around the world, that you can also take athletics as a profession. Going out there running early in the morning and going to camps, staying there, from Monday to Saturday

How I started athletics was like magic or something. I started when I was in primary school, back at home, where I used to do training in the school