Reigning world marathon champion Ruth Chepng’etich is the LG/SJAK Sports Personality of the Month for April.
A superb performance in the Kolay Istanbul Half Marathon, where she posted a new world record of 1:04:02 hours to beat Ethiopia’s Yalemzerf Yehualaw to second place made it easy for the panel to pick her name.
The 26-year-old beat the previous record, set 14 months ago by Ababel Yeshaneh, by 29 seconds.
Chepng’etich beat recent ARC Equator Rally winner Carl “Flash” Tundo, Eliud Kipchoge who won the NN Mission Marathon in Enschede, Holland in 2:04.30hours and KPA Libero Sam Juma. The vote was conducted by the Sports Journalists Association of Kenya (SJAK) and is sponsored by LG.
Other nominees floored by Chepng’etich were Meldine Sande who led Kenya Prisons to third position at the CAVB Women’s Club Championship and rugby star Daniel Taabu who scored 7 tries for Kenya Sevens at the Emirates Invitational in Dubai.