Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon retain her world championships title after winning the first gold for Kenya at the ongoing World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary. The three time world record holder retained her 1,500m title she won last year in Oregon when she clocked 3:54.87 followed closely by Ethiopian Diribe Welteji for silver in 3:55.69 as […]
Reigning World Athletics 800m champion and reigning silver medalist Ferguson Rotich have been bundled out of the ongoing World Athletics championships in Budapest, Hungary. Former world under 20 800m champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi and Alexander Ng’eno Kipngetich qualifed to compete in the semifinals set for Thursday afternoon. Competing in heat 1, Wanyonyi won his heat in […]
Top athletes are set to face off at the inaugural Kisumu City 21km Run race set for next month. The race set for September 24 in Kisumu will feature 21km and 10km for elite runners, 5km race family fun run, and 5km for people with disabilities. While making the announcement, the Athletics Kenya Nyanza South […]
Faith Kipyegon, Peres Jepchirchir, Daniel Ebenyo Simiu and Jacob Krop will lead Kenyans at the inaugural World Athletics Road Running championships set for Latvia from September 30th to October 1st. Athletics Kenya named the duo alongside other top Kenyans at the newly launched road running championships with majority of them now competing at the ongoing […]
Three times world record holder Faith Kipyegon alongside Nelly Chepchirchir will be chasing medals during the finals of the women ’s 1,500m on Wednesday. The double Olympic and World 1,500m champion who also holds the world records in 1500m, 5000, and the mile is the race final favourite come Wednesday. The duo will be up […]
Kenya’s trio of Simon Koech, Abraham Kibiwott and Leonard Bett will parade in the men’s 3,000m steeplechase finals at the ongoing World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary. The trio will be up against the reigning champion and Olympic champion Soufiane El Bakkali of Morocco and Ethiopia’s world record holder Lamecha Girma.
The reigning Commonwealth Games 100m champion Ferdinand Omurwa Omanyala failed to win a medal at the ongoing World Athletics championships in Budapest, Hungary. The Africa 100m record holder finished 7th in the 100m final where American Noah Lyles won the title in 9:83 ahead of Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo (9:88) and Great Britain’s Zharnel Hughes for […]
World Indoor 1,500m champion Abel Kipsang and compatriot Reymond Kipkorir Cheruiyot will fly the Kenyan flag at the 1,500m final at the ongoing World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary. It was a disappointment when former champion Timothy Cheruiyot failed to make the cut for the finals. Kipsang finished second in heat 1 in 3:32.52 to […]
Double world 1,500m champion Faith Kipyegon and upstart Nelly Chepchirchir have qualifed to compete at the finals in the 1,500m in the ongoing World championships in Budapest, Hungary. Both Kipyegon and Chepchirchir won in their respective heats in the semifinals to make it to the finals. In heat 1, Chepchirchir won in 4:02.14 while Kipyegon […]
Commonwealth Games 10,000M silver medalist Daniel Simiu Ebenyo won the first medal for Kenya at the ongoing World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary. The Africa 5,000m silver medalist won silver in 27:52.60 behind multiple champion Joshua Cheptegei who won gold in 27:51.42 with Ethiopian Seleman Barega winning bronze at 27:52.72. Other Kenyans Bernard Kibet was […]