Olympic Silver Medalist Hellen Obiri Promoted at Work
Kenya airforce's Hellen Obiri, the 5000m Olympics silver medalist has been promoted to the rank of Senior Sergeant by Chief Of Defence Forces Robert Kibochi.
Christine Juma 
Obiri was on Tuesday, August 17, promoted to senior sergeant following her heroics performance at the just-concluded Olympic Games in Tokyo Japan.
The senior sergeant competed in the 10000m and 5000m finals and managed to impressively clinch silver in the latter, which was won by Dutch international Sifan Hassan. Obiri clocked 14.38.36 to finish behind Netherland's Hassan who won gold, with Ethiopia's Gudaf Tsegay settling for bronze to complete the top three podium.
Sergent Hellen Obiri during her promotion with her boss Robert Kibochi. PHOTO FACEBOOK
However, Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) of the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) Robert Kibochi, took to his social media on Tuesday to announce that Obiri, previously a sergeant, had earned a promotion of senior Sergent.
