Loice Chemnung

Loice Chemnung (born 22 February 1997) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in both road and track events. She is the 2025 Kenyan 10,000 m national champion and a former African Games bronze medallist. She has recorded world-class times across the 10 km, half marathon, and marathon distances.

Career In 2014, Chemnung finished fifth in the 5000 m at the World U20 Championships in Eugene, Oregon. The following year, she won a bronze medal in the 10,000 m at the African Games in Brazzaville. In March 2025, she won the Málaga Half Marathon in 1:05:46, Earlier that year, she expressed her goal of representing Kenya at the World Championships in Tokyo.

Chemnung made her marathon debut at the 2025 Chicago Marathon, a World Athletics Platinum Label event, finishing fourth in 2:18:23 — the fastest debut by a Kenyan woman that year.

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