Inline Speed Skating in Kenya

Notes

George Obulinji, chairman of the Nairobi branch of the skating federation


An inline speed skating tournament in June of 2015 drew more than 400 participants 
from all over Kenya with hundreds more watching.

A music video by Kenyan hip hop artist Octopizzo features skating.

Even the police department sponsors a skating team.

Anthony Karanja began with rentals before buying his own and training 
for competition. After just one year, he is now (as of sep 2015) the second-ranked speed skater in Kenya.

Isaac Mburu, Kenya’s top-ranked speed skater (as of sep 2015)
 
Karanja and Mburu will be competing for spots in the 2015 World Roller 
Speed Skating World Championships, to be held this November in Taiwan.
 
Anthony Kamunyu, acting president of the skating federation
dreams of a speed-skating track with smooth surfaces and 
banked corners, the kind of track Kenya’s international 
competitors train on. There is talk of paving the area 
around Nyayo National Stadium to make a track.

young skaters like Leleti Baikwinga will use the sunken parking 
lot for as long as they can to develop their skills.
(10 years old in 2015)

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