Kericho Governor Prof Paul Chepkwony has renamed Kericho Green Stadium to Wilson Kipturgut Chumo stadium in honour of the veteran athlete who won Kenya's first Olympic medal in 1964 in Tokyo, Japan.
The announcement was made on Wednesday during the home coming ceremony of Ferguson Rotich after his impressive performance at the just concluded Tokyo Olympics.
"We will equally honour Kiprugut Chumo, the country first medalist during the 1964 Tokyo Olympics by renaming the Kericho Green Stadium after the legend," he said.
Rotich finished second in the 800m men's race to bag silver behind another Kenyan Emmanuel Korir.
He was appointed the Goodwill Ambassador for the fight against drug and substance abuse with the county promising to name a public road after him.
On his part Rotich appealed to the county government to invest more in sports camps and coaches to attract more talented youths and support upcoming the ones.
" I ask the county government to extend the support to other athletes who are in the villagers by establishing sports camps and providing them coaches,"Rotich said.
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