Residents of Chepsaita in Uasin Gishu County benefited from a free medical camp on Tuesday, December 2nd, ahead of the third edition of the Great Chepsaita Cross Country Run set for Saturday, December 6th, at the Chepkemel Dispensary. The camp, organized with the Ministry of Health, served as a key precursor to the upcoming World […]
Kenyans Emmanuel wanyonyi, Sebastian Sawe and Edmund Serem were received top honours at the World Athletics of Years Awards held yesterday in Monaco, France. The Olympic and world 800m champion Emmanuel wanyonyi was named the men’s track athlete of the year. Wanyonyi, won world and Diamond League titles in the 800m and achieved four of […]
Former world marathon record holder Brigid Kosgei won the Shanghai Marathon yesterday with the a course record in China. The former Olympic marathon silver medalist won the race after timing 2:16:36, the fastest women’s marathon time ever recorded on Chinese soil after beating compatriot Irine Cheptai and Ethiopia’s Tiruye Mesfin and Bekelech Gudeta. Shanghai proved […]
Former Commonwealth Games marathon champion Flomena Cheyech and Simon Njuguna were the winners to today’s 4th edition of Iten International Marathon held in Iten, Elgeyo Marakwet County. Njuguna was the surprise winner of the elite 42km men on his marathon debut after traveling all the way from Nyahururu cut the tape in 2:12:09 followed by […]
The new world, and Deaflympics 5,000 metres record holder Ian Wambui Kahinga on Friday returned home to a triumphant welcome at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi. The 24-year-old Deaf athlete from Nyahururu in Laikipia County broke both the World, and the Deaflympics record over the distance at the 25th Summer Deaflympics held in […]
Kenya’s Ruth Jepchumba Bundotich was yesterday announced as the World Athletics Woman of the Year Award, following her outstanding leadership, commitment to athlete development and exceptional contributions to the growth of women’s athletics in Kenya and beyond. A trailblazer in the coaching community, Bundotich has become one of Kenya’s most influential figures in youth and women’s athlete development. She […]
Amos Kipchirchir and Maryam Lufti Njoki braved the early morning windy condition to win the second edition of Eldohub Techrun 10km road race held today in Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County. Lufti, originally Christine Njoki successfully defended her women title after changing her nationality to Qatar earlier this year, said that the race was part of […]
Following the conclusion of registration two weeks ago, the third edition of the Great Chepsaita Run has attracted 41 countries that will be facing off come December 6th. Race director Kennedy Tanui revealed that the course will be hosting 41 nationalities after the conclusion of the registration process on November 15th across all the registration […]
Kenya’s Ian Wambui on Monday stole the show at the Tokyo 2025 Summer Deaflympics by winning the gold medal in the men’s 5,000m, and shattering both the Games’ and world record which have stood for over a decade. It was a clean podium sweep by Kenya in the race held at the Komazawa Olympic Park […]
Kenya’s veteran deaf athlete David Kiptum Kipkogei on Tuesday clinched the silver medal in the men’s marathon at the Tokyo 2025 Summer Deaflympics. Kipkogei, 46, crossed the finish line on the Tokyo Expressway in 2:17:30 behind Sweden’s Otto Kingstedt, who claimed the gold medal in 2:16:10. Colombia’s Jose Libardo won the bronze medal in 2:23:50. […]