Lilian Odira’s quest for a maiden Commonwealth Games gold medal will have to wait after the middle-distance runner settled for silver in the women’s 800m final on Friday, 31 July, in Glasgow, Scotland.Odira crossed the finish line in 2:00.58 after leading for much of the two-lap contest before Britain’s Georgia Hunter Bell produced a strong finishing kick to claim gold in 1:59.51. Download our Mozzart Sport App for more newsBotswana’s Oratile Nowe completed the podium with bronze in 2:01.03.The silver medal capped another impressive outing for the Kenyan, who had entered the final as one of the favourites after enjoying a flawless run through the earlier rounds. Odira comfortably progressed from the preliminary heats in 2:01.05 before underlining her title credentials by winning her semifinal in 1:59.39.##NAJAVA_MECA_9872200##Despite falling short of gold, the Glasgow performance adds to what has been a remarkable 2026 campaign for the 24-year-old.She began her season with a runner-up finish at the Kip Keino Classic in April, clocking 1:59.15 behind Ethiopia’s Nigist Getachew before finishing third at the Rabat Diamond League in May in 1:57.27.Odira then successfully defended her Kenyan national title in June, securing a third consecutive women’s 800m crown, before producing the biggest statement of her career at the Prefontaine Classic on July 4. She stunned Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson to claim her maiden Diamond League victory in a season’s best 1:56.19.Kenya reaches mixed relay final as judoka nears historic Commonwealth medalHunter Bell’s victory also ended a long-standing African dominance in the Commonwealth women’s 800m. Since the 1998 Games, every champion had come from Africa, making the Briton’s triumph the first by a non-African athlete in nearly three decades.Ndangiri claims silverMeanwhile, Stephen Ndangiri etched his name into Kenya’s athletics history after winning silver in the men’s 10,000m race walk.Ndangiri produced a memorable performance to finish second in a personal best and new Kenyan national record of 38:46.57, further strengthening the country’s growing reputation in race walking.His podium finish continues Kenya’s upward trajectory in the discipline at the Commonwealth Games.At the 2018 Gold Coast Games, Samuel Gathimba claimed Kenya’s first-ever Commonwealth race walking medal when he secured bronze in the men’s 20km event in 1:19:51.Commonwealth Games: Kenya's long distance woes continue as Nyaga misses 5000m podiumFour years later in Birmingham, Emily Ngii added another bronze in the women’s 10,000m race walk after setting a personal best and area record of 43:50.86.Ndangiri’s silver now becomes Kenya’s best-ever Commonwealth Games result in race walking.