Kenya’s mixed relay team narrowly misses podium in Botswana [VIDEO]
Kenya’s mixed 4x400m relay squad narrowly missed out on a second successive global championship medal after being pipped for fourth in a final race at the 2026 World Athletics Relays in Gaborone, Botswana on Sunday, 3 May.Download our MozzartSport App For More NewsThe team, which won a historic bronze medal at the World Athletics Relays in Guangzhou, China last year, could not repeat those heroics, as the quartet of: George Mutinda, Mercy Chebet, Kelvin Kiprotich Tonui and Mercy Adongo Oketch missed the podium by only nine hundredth of a second.This came after Oketch, running in the anchor leg, was passed by Great Britain’s Yemi Mary John just near the finish line, to settle for fourth in a time of 3:09.93.USA is the world champion in mixed 4by400m relay. The Jamaican last leg tried it. pic.twitter.com/GwNLjhFrjI— afriican requiem (@tonyfcarter) May 3, 2026 Coming in off an African Record (AR) time of 3:09.87 on Saturday, 2 May, there was huge expectation of the Kenyan squad in the fin..