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The County is renown worldwide for athletics talent prowess with World Record Holders in the marathon, World Championships, Olympics, Diamond League among others. Because of the ideal training conditions for athletics developments, 70% of medalists in Kenya have a connection with Elgeyo Marakwet.

There are elaborate annual talent development programs, apart from the normal school co-curriculum calendar. These programs include; Athletics Kenya (AK) track and field championships, Meets, annual third Premier AK cross-country series, Annual 10KM road race, Iten Marathon and annual tournaments in soccer and volleyball. There are no teams representing the county in the National Leagues. The County has potential in chess, martial arts, soccer, volleyball, handball, basketball, rugby and hockey.

Another category of special sports activities is extreme sports. In the county, there is participation in extreme sports such as paragliding, roller skating, cycling and motorsports. The unique terrain makes it possible to participate in such sports.

The County has no talent academy but has five training camps where athletes converge under the guided training program. Also, there are four training centres with residential facilities for local and international athletes and three athletics holiday camps that target talent development.