The Kenyan world and Olympic champion announced on Instagram that she is expecting her first child: “Motherhood begins in 2026”
Beatrice Chebet, the athletics distance double Olympic and world champion over the women’s 5000m and 10,000m, will sit out the 2026 season to start a family.
The Kenyan announced in a post on Instagram on Monday (5 January) that she is pregnant.
“I’ve chased finish lines, medals, and dreams. Now I’m chasing a love I haven’t met yet,” reads text added to a photo of the pregnant 25-year-old wearing her Kenya running top and looking at a reflection of herself in a window.
“Motherhood begins in 2026.”
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