INTERVIEW: Three Kenyan swimmers speak on their athletic journeys

Swimming is a sports event with many medals, and discerning countries use it to make impact on the final medal table at major competitions. According to the vice president of Swimming Africa, Babatunde Fatayi-Williams, a typical swimmer commits 50 weeks of 52 weeks in a year to practising.

Premium Times spoke with three Kenyan student swimmers about their lives, careers, and pursuits, which involve challenges and successes in their chosen sport.

Victoria Okumu, Jesse Okumu, and Omar Ibrahim, students of the United States International University Africa (USIU-Africa), Nairobi, Kenya, came for the just-ended 2024 FASU Games and spoke about their first involvement and future activities in the sport during an exclusive interview with PREMIUM TIMES.