In his message on the occasion, the President William Ruto noted that the 2024 Paris Olympic Games will not be a cakewalk as he believes the rivals have also prepared well to win medals. "Each nation has prepared its athletes and will present the best of them all," he said. 

However, he is confident that Kenya will put on a good show and confirm its status as a global sporting superpower "You are our gallant warriors in this sporting challenge and rest assured that the entire country is behind you in every step of this noble task as you unleash your full potential at the global showpiece," the President said. 

He further informed that the government has spared no effort in supporting the athletes' qualification process in line with the regime's pledge to support the identification, nurturing and promotion of talent under the 'Talanta Hela' initiative. "We will continue to work with you until you come back from Paris with a harvest of medals and experience when we will monetise them with handsome rewards," the Kenyan President added. 

Ruto also officially unveiled Team Kenya's Ceremonial Kits designed by Rosemary Runyenje and Georgia Fernandez. Kenya will be represented by 90 athletes at the Olympics and 11 at the Paralympics. Also present at the event were Sports Cabinet Secretary Ababu Namwamba, KNPC President Ronald Milare and NOC-K President Paul Tergat, an iconic former runner who has been locked in thrilling duels with Ethiopia's Haile Gebrselassie. 

Kenya's history at the Summer Olympics is a curious one, having won 34 of its 35 gold medals, 41 of its 42 silver medals and 31 of its 35 Olympic bronze medals in athletics, all but one of them in the running events: Alfred Kirwa Yego's silver medal in the javelin at Rio 2016. 

Kipchoge Keino (1,500 m at Mexico City 1968 and 3,000 m steeplechase at Munich 1972), Ezekiel Kemboi in the 3,000m steeplechase (Athens 2004 and London 2012), current 800m world record holder David Lekuta Rudisha (London 2012 and Rio 2016), Faith Kipyegon in the 1,500m (Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020) and Eliud Kipchoge in the marathon (Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020) have all won two gold medals. 

Kipchoge, a living marathon legend who won gold over 5,000m at the 2003 World Athletics Championships in Paris, will be aiming for a third Olympic title in Paris. Kipyegon, on the other hand, will be looking for a fourth Olympic gold as she will be competing in both the 1,500m and 5,000m.

Kenya's remaining seven Olympic medals have all come from boxing, with welter Robert Wangila at Seoul 1988 the only champion from a discipline other than athletics, which has given the country its last 78 Olympic medals. For obvious climatic reasons, the country has no medals from the Winter Games, with only four participants in the history of a competition that began 100 years ago in Chamonix, France.