Angry Kenyans blast The Olympics after excluding athletes in official post-games highlights

The video wrap-up, which the Olympics' team shared on their social media accounts shows a hodgepodge of participants drawn from all around the world - but doesn't, at any one point, include a Kenyan athlete, some of whom broke records and pulled off sterling performances.

Some of the faces shown beaming, jumping, sprinting, gliding, swimming and celebrating include those of athletes from countries such as the US, Japan, China, Britain, Jamaica, Australia and France.

None of the faces in the giddy compilation features any of the world-famous Kenyan athletes such as Faith Kipyegon, Beatrice Chebet or even marathon legend Eliud Kipchoge.

Surprisingly, the video also doesn't include Botswana's Letsile Tebogo whose historic gold medal brought the tiny Southern African country to a celebratory standstill.

Kenyans, keen to see how their heroes would be treated by the Olympics' media, quickly called out the organisation for their unfair - and unwarranted - exclusionism.

"Emmanuel Wanyonyi - Youngest winner of 800 metres in Olympics history. Faith Kipyegon - First woman ever to win 3 Olympic golds in a single track category. Beatrice Chebet? Letsile Tebogo? And many others from Africa didn't deserve a slot in the highlights?" X user Zollz asked.

"Honestly the erasure of Africa - and especially Kenya - is simply disgusting. 5 rings but zero sense. A whole Olympic official account...after phenomenal performances. Distasteful at the very least. You should be ashamed of yourselves!" someone else wrote.

On his part, Kambo Kambo said, "Faith Kipyegon of Kenya broke an Olympic Record in the 1500m. Tamirat Tola of Ethiopia broke an Olympic Record in Marathon...Still, nowhere to be seen. SHAME on you Racists!"

As the bile poured in, other Kenyans realized that the Olympics X handle was filtering comments by hiding the most negative ones.

"They're now hiding replies," someone said while sharing a screenshot of evidently hidden replies. "You cannot fox your way of this this disaster, Olympics. You better pull down this whole charade!"

Another Kenyan simply noted: "Celebrating excellence means honoring all champions. Ignoring African athletes who’ve earned gold sends a clear message: Our victories don’t count. It’s 2024—time for real inclusion, not selective recognition. Sports is for All. Do better, @Olympics."

Even social commentator Gabriel Oguda jumped in, saying, "This video is available in my location, but I can't see any of our athletes. Should I go get my eyes checked?"

Despite their glaring absence from the official Olympics video highlights, Kenyan athletes not only performed spectacularly but also bagged four gold medals and even broke global records.

Overall, Kenya topped the African continent and ranked 17th globally with 11 medals (four gold, two silver and five bronze) at this year’s Paris Olympic Games.

This was a fairly improved performance from the 2020 Tokyo Games where the nation raked in 10 medals (four gold, four silver and two bronze) and positioned 19th in the world.

Beatrice Chebet became the first Kenyan to win a double at the Games in 5,000m and 10,000m on her debut, while Faith Kipyegon wrote history by clinching the 1,500m title for the third time in a row.

Emmanuel Wanyonyi also mined gold on his Olympic debut in 800m while both Ronald Kwemoi (5,000m) and Faith Kiyegon (5,000m) claimed silver.