NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 24 – Mirror mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all?
Sporting royalty gathered at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre on Friday night for the annual Sportsperson of the Year Awards (SOYA) where the best performing sportsmen and women from 2022 were feted, in the 19th edition of the event.
You are probably used to seeing them in their playing kits, boots and spikes but on Friday, they all traded their gear for glamourous suits and dresses as they gathered to celebrate Kenya’s sporting crème de la crème.
Here are some of the best moments from Friday’s SOYA gala, as captured by one of Kenya’s top photographer Kelly Ayodi.
Commonwealth Games champions Beatrice Chebet (left) and Mary MoraaNairobi Water and Kenya National Handball team captain Michelle Adhiambo in her elementBlack on black The Kenya Ports Authority Basketball familyWhite looks so good on her!Capital FM Sports Editor Alex Isaboke makes no mistake when it comes to fashion World Champion in the 800m Emmanuel Korir all glam in a suitCollins Injera looked dapper. He was the celebrity guest The 2022 SOYA Panel of Judges introduced by the chairman Chris Mbaisi, Sports Editor at The StarYoung Poet Hope thrilled the crowd with her brilliant poem centred around doping The TikTok Africa team led by Janine Anthony (left)Former Capital FM Sports Editor Mutwiri Mutuota (left), Dokatu Wako from teh Sports Ministry and Sports Journalist Wanjiku Mwenda (right)SOYA founder Paul tergat with Webuye West MP Dan Wanyama, a former volleyball playerEven the guest was thrilled by Medina Okot’s heightThe Kenya Lionesses looking all glam The Nairobi Water Queens handball team The National Cereals and Produce Men’s Handball team receiving their awardFerdinand Omanyala and his wife Laventer Amutavi receive an awardFerdinand Omanyala and Faith KipyegonThe showman himself, Ferdinand OmanyalaL-R: Top Sports Editors Bismarck Mutahi (Standard), Hassan Jumaa (KTN), Mary Wavinya (KBC), Alex Isaboke (Capital FM), James Waindi (People Daily) and SJAK President Chris Mbaisi (Star)
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