Mercy Chebet
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| Born | 2 January 2002 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||
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Mercy Chebet (born 2 January 2002) is a Kenyan sprinter. In 2024, she became Kenyan national champion in the 400 metres at the Kenyan Athletics Championships and competed at the 2024 Olympic Games. She was a bronze medal winner with the Kenyan mixed 4 x 400 metres relay team at the 2025 World Athletics Relays.[1]
Career
She was selected for the 2024 World Athletics Relays in Nassau, Bahamas after finishing second in the 400 metres behind Mary Moraa in the Kenyan trials in April 2024.[2][3] She won the 400 metres at the Kenyan Athletics Championships in May 2024.[4]
In June 2024, she finished fourth with the Kenyan mixed 4 x 400 metres relay team in the final of the 2024 African Championships in Douala, Cameroon.[5] That month, she was a member of the Kenyan mixed 4 x 400 metres team alongside Zablon Ekwam, Mary Moraa, and Kelvin Sane Tauta which ran 3:11.88 to set a new African record at the Kenyan Olympic Trials in Nairobi.[6] She subsequently competed for Kenya at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France in the mixed 4 x 400 metres relay, the first time Kenya had qualified a team for the event.[7][8] However, the team did not qualify for the final, finishing seventh in the same heat as the United States team which broke the world record.[9][10]
She won a bronze medal with the Kenyan mixed 4 x 400 metres relay team at the 2025 World Athletics Relays in Guangzhou, China, also securing qualification to the upcoming World Championships.[11][12][13] The bronze medal marked Kenya’s first in the mixed relay since claiming the same at the 2019 World Relays in Yokohama.[14] In June 2025, she ran 51.80 seconds be runner-up at the women's 400m at the Kenyan Athletics Championships behind Mercy Oketch.[15]
References
- ^ "Mercy Chebet". World Athletics. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
- ^ "AK select 24 athletes for 6th World Relays in Bahamas". kbc.co.ke. 16 April 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
- ^ "Hard Luck For Kenyan Relay Teams As They Miss Out On Olympic Qualification". Capitalfm.co.ke. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
- ^ "Kenyan Championships". World Athletics. 21 May 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
- ^ "African Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 21 June 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
- ^ "Mixed 4×400m Relay Results". World Athletics. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
- ^ "Mutua optimistic about Kenya's future in mixed relays after Paris flop". Tbe-Star. 11 August 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
- ^ Omogbeja, Yomi (July 24, 2024). "Athletics Kenya sends 45 athletes to Paris 2024 Olympic Games". Athletics.Africa. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
- ^ "The XXXIII Olympic Games". World Athletics. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
- ^ "At Least We Witnessed A Record-Breaking Heat, Mweresa Says After Kenya's Paris Olympics Mixed Relay Exit". Capitalfm.co.ke. 3 August 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
- ^ "World Athletics Relays". World Athletics. 11 May 2025. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
- ^ "Focus shifts to Tokyo meet after Kenya's relay teams book slots". Standard Media. 11 May 2025. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
- ^ Wanja, Charity (11 May 2025). "Kenya wins bronze, three teams qualify Tokyo". sjak.co.ke. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
- ^ "Chebet promises more after Kenya bags historic bronze in 4x400m mixed relay". Citizen.Digital. 12 May 2025. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
- ^ "Oketch, Mutinda and Cheruiyot impress at Kenyan Championships". World Athletics. 28 June 2025. Retrieved 28 June 2025.