Kenyan athletes once again showed their class as they recorded impressive performances at the 2025 Rabat Diamond League on May 25, raking in handsome amounts of money.

A couple of Kenyans, including double Olympic champion Beatrice Chebet, headed to Morocco for the only Diamond League stop in Africa.

Chebet ran the fastest time the women's 3000m has ever seen in 32 years as she became the second-fastest woman in history at the event. The 5000m and 10000m Olympic champion clocked a time of 8:11.56, which was only five seconds slower than the world record of Waang Junxia set in 1993.

In the men's 100m, Ferdinand Omanyala finished an impressive second behind Akani Simbine. It was Omanyala's second podium in the Diamond League after finishing second again in Xiamen at the start of the season.

Men's 800m Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi was third in his favourite event, much to the surprise of many. Botswana's Tshepiso Masalela was the star of the night, beating the Kenyan.

Winners will earn up to 10,000 USD in the normal 14 races across the season and up to 30,000 USD in the final. There will also be a select number of Diamond+ Disciplines, in which athletes can earn higher prize money.

Each Diamond League event will name its special disciplines in advance, where athletes will earn more money. Winners will get 20,000 USD in this category and 50,000 USD in the final.

In Rabat, the Diamond+ Disciplines of 100m women, 400m hurdles women, 200m men, and shot put men didn't involve any Kenyan.

Chebet earned 10,000 USD (approximately KSh 1.2 million) for coming in first, while Omanyala pocketed 6,000 USD (approximately KSh 772,000) for his second-place finish. Wanyonyi earned 4,000 USD (approximately KSh 542,000) for his third-place finish behind Masalela and Britain's Max Burgin.

Source: TUKO.co.ke