The world of athletics is mourning the passing of a bright, future star in Gilbert Kwemoi, who collapsed at his home in Kenya on Friday 13 August and was pronounced dead later in hospital. Kwemoi had won gold in athletics in Nanjing in 2014.
田径界正在哀悼一位未来的明星吉尔伯特·奎莫伊 (Gilbert Kwemoi) 的去世，他于 8 月 13 日星期五在肯尼亚的家中倒下，随后在医院被宣布死亡。奎莫伊曾在2014年南京田径比赛中获得金牌。
Exactly 7 years ago, Nanjing was gripped in the excitement of hosting the second ever Youth Olympics, following the event’s debut in Singapore 4 years earlier.
七年前，继四年前在新加坡首次举办青奥会之后，南京正沉浸在举办第二届青奥会的兴奋之中。
Kwemoi stormed to victory in the boy’s 1,500 metres on 24 August, then aged 17, with a time of 3 minutes, 41.99 seconds. It was a then personal best for Kwemoi, being fully 4 seconds faster than his win in the semi finals.
8 月 24 日，当时年仅 17 岁的 Kwemoi 在男孩 1,500 米比赛中以 3 分 41.99 秒的成绩夺得冠军。这是奎莫伊当时的个人最好成绩，比他在半决赛中获胜足足快了 4 秒。
In Kenya, the gold-medal winner had collapsed at his home in Kitale, an agricultural town in the far western part of the country. He died after being rushed to the town’s Mt. Elgon Hospital, reports Kenyan digital media and news platform, Tuko.
在肯尼亚，这位金牌获得者在位于该国西部偏远地区的一个农业小镇基塔莱的家中晕倒。据肯尼亚数字媒体和新闻平台 Tuko 报道，他在被送往该镇的埃尔贡山医院后不治身亡。
Kwemoi’s coach, Isaac Kirwa, confirmed the athlete had been battling a short illness, reports Nairobi-based Kenyans.co.ke. Kwemoi was also said to have had a headache prior to collapsing.
据内罗毕 Kenyans.co.ke 报道，奎莫伊的教练艾萨克·基尔瓦 (Isaac Kirwa) 证实，这位运动员一直在与短暂的疾病作斗争。据说奎莫伊在倒下之前还感到头痛。
Kenya’s Senate Speaker, Kenneth Lusaka, has been quoted as saying, “During our brief tête-à-tête, he struck me as a focused and hardworking young man who would not let anything stop him from shattering world records. Sad that we lost him before he attained his full potential. My deepest sympathies and heartfelt condolences to his family, friends, the people of Mt. Elgon and the entire athletics fraternity during this difficult time”.
肯尼亚参议院议长肯尼思·卢萨卡 (Kenneth Lusaka) 表示：“在我们短暂的会面中，他给我的印象是一个专注、勤奋的年轻人，他不会让任何事情阻止他打破世界纪录。很遗憾我们在他充分发挥潜力之前就失去了他。在这个困难时期，我向他的家人、朋友、埃尔贡山人民以及整个体育界表示最深切的同情和衷心慰问。”
After his win in Nanjing, Kwemoi went on to win a silver medal for Kenya in 2015, when competing in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, at the African Under20 Championships.
在南京获胜后，奎莫伊于 2015 年在埃塞俄比亚亚的斯亚贝巴参加非洲 20 岁以下锦标赛时为肯尼亚赢得银牌。
The following year, he recorded another personal best in the 1,500 metres in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium, with a time of 3 minutes, 33.71 seconds.
次年，他在比利时赫斯登-佐尔德再创1500米个人最好成绩，成绩为3分33.71秒。
Coach Kirwa stated, “It is true that we have lost him at a young age. He was a promising athlete”.
基尔瓦教练表示：“确实，我们在年轻时就失去了他。他是一位很有前途的运动员”。
