Double Olympic Games marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge and former world 5,000m champion Benjamin Limo are optimistic that team Kenya at this year’s World Championships in Budapest, Hungary will win more medals. Kipchoge said that the wall is a big motivation for the team that has travelled to Budapest for world championships set to kick off […]
President William Ruto led a host of Kenyan athletics lovers in congratulating the newly elected World Athletics Vice President Jack Tuwei. Tuwei, who serve as the Athletics Kenya President was today voted as one of the four vice presidents of the world athletics governing body ahead of the World Athletics championships set for Saturday 19th […]
Athletics Kenya President Jackson Tuwei was today voted as the World Athletics (WA) Vice Presidents. During the WA Congress in Budapest, Hungary, elections, Tuwei garnered 104 points to clinch one of the four vice president positions. Others are former Colombian sprinter, Ximena Restrepo, who got 154 votes, retired Spanish triple jumper Raul Chapado (119), and […]
President William Ruto today unveiled the Wall of Fame to celebrate the achievements of various athletes who have conquered the world in many races. The Walls of Fame located at the newly built Eldoret arboretum has all names of Kenya’s top athletes who have won medals and ruled major city marathons across the world. Central […]
Former world cross country champion Irene Chepet Cheptai and Nairobi 10km champion Peter mwaniki were the winners of today’s Devolution 5km held in Eldoret.The reigning Commonwealth Games 10,000m silver medalist said won the women’s race 17:04.6 ahead of Sophia Jepchirchir (17:05.5) and Winnie Jemutai (17:16.1).After missing the World cross country championships in Bathurst Australia earlier […]
First contingent of Kenyan athletes left the country today ahead of World Athletics Championships set for Budapest, Hungary later this week. With Athletics Kenya fielding 54 athletes at the championships set to kick off from August 19th to 27th, they will be joined by others after a camping at the Kasarani stadium for their daily […]
NEW York City marathon defending champion Sharon Lokedi will lead Olympic marathon champion Peres Jepchirchir and world marathon record holder Brigid Kosgei at this year’s New York City marathon set for November 5th in the United States of America. Today, the named the four athletes led by defending champion Lokedi, Jepchirchir and Kosgei will be […]
Organisers of the annual Eldoret City marathon have partnered with Gulf Royal Society ahead of the October 1st event in Eldoret. Race director Moses Tanui said that the new family will give life to the race that is best in the country and the continent as they head into the 4th edition. The double Boston marathon champion […]
Two time Olympic Games 5,000m silver medalist Hellen Onsando Obiri continued with her superlative performance when she won the Beach to Beacon 10km Road race held yesterday in the USA. The Boston marathon champion won the race after clocking 31:37 ahead of Ethiopia’s Fotyen Tesfay in 31:38 as USA’s Keira D’Amato completed the podium in […]
Double Olympic Games 1,500m champion Faith Kipyegon’s 1,500m and 5,000m world records have been ratified by World Athletics. Kipyegon set new world records in June in the women’s 1500m and 5000m and the world governing body has officially made it a world record. The first of Kipyegon’s world records was set at the Golden Gala, […]