At Glasgow 2014, the African nation won 10 gold medals, with all but Julius Yego's javelin title coming in a running race over 800 metres in length.

However, their haul slipped to just four titles at Gold Coast 2018 and the country has also fallen back at the World Athletics Championships.

After claiming five golds at both the London 2017 and Doha 2019 editions, Kenya won just two at the World Championships which finished in Eugene yesterday.

Barnaba Korir, the Kenyan head of delegation in Eugene, said Birmingham 2022 was a "chance for us to redeem the country's image as an athletics powerhouse".

To that end, a strong athletics team has been selected for the Commonwealth Games, despite the close proximity of the World Championships.

Olympic 800m champion Emmanuel Korir, one of the two Kenyan world champions in Eugene, has been named as well as Rio 2016 steeplechase winner Conseslus Kipruto who has just won world bronze.

Yego has the chance to win his second Commonwealth Games gold in javelin, while Jacob Krop will look to go one better than his 5,000m silver in Eugene.

In women's action, world bronze medallist Mary Moraa will race in the 400m and 800m and Beatrice Chebet, like Krop, will look to turn world silver in the 5,000m to gold.

Kenya will send 127 athletes to Birmingham in all, and will also compete in 3x3 basketball, badminton, beach volleyball, boxing, cycling, hockey, judo, lawn bowls, powerlifting, rugby sevens, squash, swimming, weightlifting and wrestling.

John Ogolla, the deputy treasurer of the National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOCK) and the secretary general of the country's weightlifting body, is serving as Chef de Mission.

"I am happy to work with an entire army of hardworking teams," he said.

"We are in regular touch with the organisers just to ensure that all is set. 

"We've met critical timelines in regard to the Games. 

"We are also operating a bubble camp to ensure athletes and officials are safe."

Not all of Kenya's big athletics names will be travelling to Birmingham, with the likes of back-to-back 1500m Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon, a gold medallist in Eugene, among those set to be absent.

Marathon world record holder Eliud Kipchoge, who remarkably only boasts one silver medal in his Commonwealth Games collection, is also not in the team.

This gives others the chance to stake their claim, however, with the country's distance dominance summed up by the fact that no other nation has won a medal in the 3,000m steeplechase since 1994.

"We have had teams in various residential camps but the main camp is at Moi Stadium, Kasarani," said Ogolla. 

"Others are in Mombasa, Murang'a, Parklands Sports Club and Utalii. 

"Team Kenya will be in three Villages, which gives us additional logistics and administration needs, but we are planning sufficiently for this. 

"The Villages are at Birmingham University, University of Warwick and NEC hotels in Birmingham. 

"The sports are spread between the Villages based on proximity to the competition venues."

Kenya first competed at the Commonwealth Games in Vancouver in 1954.

The country has only missed the 1986 edition in Edinburgh since then, winning a total of 85 gold medals.

In November, the Queen's Baton Relay for Birmingham 2022 arrived. Highlights of the visit included a trip in a matatu, which are buses hand-decorated with art, famous portraits and quotes.

The matatu chosen to transport the baton featured illustrations of The Flintstones.

Batonbearers also hiked up the Ngong Hills and visited the Nairobi City Viewpoint, with famous athletes such as Paul Tergat, a double Olympic silver medallist and the President of the NOCK, among those to hold it.

Kenya is now hoping that more famous athletes might emerge after strong performances in Birmingham, and that it can restore some track and field pride.

"We can assure Kenyans of a successful Team Kenya outing with over 5,000 athletes from 72 nations expected in Birmingham," said Ogolla.