Commonwealth Games: Kenya's quest for historic gold

When it comes to the Commonwealth Games, Kenya's record on the track speaks for itself.

At Glasgow in 2014, golds were won at every distance from 800m to 10,000m and in the men's 3,000m steeplechase, only Kenyan athletes have claimed medals since 1994.

Never, though, has the African nation won gold in a team event away from the track -- but that could be about to change.

A powerful force on the rugby sevens circuit with a trophy to prove it, Shujaa, as Kenya's national team is known, has a chance at history on Australia's Gold Coast this week.

While many Kenyan athletes have disappointed at the Games so far, the expectations of the rugby team are high after back-to-back runner-up finishes in Hong Kong and Vancouver on the Sevens World Series circuit.

"It could be a really big thing for us to get the gold," Andrew Amonde, a former captain approaching 300 World Series matches for his country, tells CNN Sport.

"We have waited for this for a very long time. Winning gold -- it's something the team feel they could do.

"To be the first team ever to bring something back home would be a huge achievement for us, something we really feel we can go out and achieve."

(CNN)