“My baby knows how to run.” Snoop Dogg appreciates Yavi.

Winfred Yavi, who was born in Kenya, won a gold medal for Bahrain in the women’s 3000m steeplechase. 

She won the race in 8:52.76, with a heroic final lap, beating defending Olympic champion Petruth Chemutai. 

Yavi’s story of being denied a chance to compete for Kenya and deciding to run for Bahrain has touched many hearts.

Yavi had an encounter with the US rapper Snoop Dogg, who expressed his pride in her in a TikTok video. 

The video has received thousands of comments from Kenyans who are impressed and happy for the gold medalist.

“Yes, Sir Big Snoop with the Gold medalist. My baby knows how to run. Run girl! Run!” he cheered her on in a short video in the audience stand.

Snoop has been hired by American-based media house NBC, to run commentary for US athletes at the Olympics in Paris.

The “Gin and Juice” rapper,  aka Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr, is reportedly being paid $500,000 a day plus expenses.

These details were leaked by Henry L McNamara – a New York-based venture capitalist and Forbes 30-Under-30 honoree – who on his X, formerly Twitter, said

“Sat next to an NBC exec at dinner,” McNamara wrote on August 4. “He said Snoop gets paid $500,000 a day plus expenses to be here promoting [the] Olympics.”

He is set to provide commentary for NBC until the end of the Olympics on Sunday, August 11th.

According to McNamara, Snoop Dogg is reportedly set to earn a massive $8 million for the entire 16-day duration of the Paris 2024 Olympics.

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