This archive report was first published on 10 May 2021.
With barely 100 days to go before the World Athletics Under-20 Championships in Nairobi, the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) is working tirelessly to ensure a successful event from August 17-22.
LOC chairman Mike Rabar has revealed that a group of medical professionals visited Silesia, Poland, during the World Relays Championships to borrow from operations.
According to Rabar, the visit was a major boost of confidence for the LOC and World Athletics, as the medical professionals observed and learned from the different protocols required to deal with athletes, technical officials, and fans.
‘Their visit to Silesia was a major boost of confidence for us and World Athletics. They were there a few days earlier (than Team Kenya) as part of an observer program to understand the different protocols required to deal with athletes, technical officials, and fans. They went through the process to set up Covid-19 centres and the bubble programs. These lessons have been shared with the different directorates under the organizing committee,’ Rabar said.
The LOC is also exploring the possibility of admitting a restricted number of fans into Moi Stadium, with discussions ongoing with the Ministry of Health.
‘We are exploring the likelihood of having a maximum of 10,000 fans into the stadium. Kasarani is a 60,000-seater so we believe it is more than capable of accommodating this number. We need to do that for the sake of TV cameras so the whole world can see that Kenya is hosting an event of global magnitude. What we need to work on is how the fans will be entering and exiting the stadium,’ Rabar said.
