Fresh from winning the Kip Keino Classic title, former world under 20 800m champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi won the 800m title at the second leg Diamond League in Rabat, Morocco this evening. Wanyonyi edged out two time Commonwealth games 800m champion Wycliffe Kinyamal to second. The Nandi based athlete won the title after clacking 1:44.36 with […]
Caroline Jeptanui, Dennis Kibet, Collins Kibiwott and Deborah Jemutai were the winners of the inaugural Kapsisiwa Girls run cross country Run held today Kapsisiwa in Nandi County. Selected results 8km men 8km senior women 6km junior men 6km junior men
Four days after retaining her Great Manchester Run, the newly crowned Boston Marathon champion Hellen Obiri defended her Kenya Defence Forces 5,000m title. The Ulinzi Sports Complex event also saw World Half Marathon silver defend his 10,000m title. The double 5,000m world champion won the title ahead of Commonwealth Games 5,000m bronze medallist Selah Jepleting […]
Organizers of the Chemususu Conservancy half marathon are planning to build a murrum road at Chemususu Primary school to support budding athletes in the region. Led by race director Mathew Birir, they said that they want to build murrum track at the Chemususu Primary school for athletes training. “Construction of murrum track is part of […]
A month after winning Boston marathon, two time world 5,000m champion Hellen Onsando Obiri edged out Olympic Marathon champion Peres Jepchirchir to retain the Great Manchester Run 10km road race title in the United Kingdom. The double Olympic Games 5,000m silver medalist won the title in 31:14 ahead of Jepchirchir in 31:59 as Briton Calli […]
Kenya’s Sabastian Sawe won the 15th edition of the World 10K Bengaluru title today in India. Sawe clocked 27:58.24 for the title with three Kenyans finishing in the top four in the men’s race that saw last year’s winner and course record holder Nicholas Kipkokir Kimeli coming 4th. In women, Ethiopian Tsehay Gemechu won the […]
Kenyan Morine Michira Gesare and Ethiopian Solomon Shumay Mogos were the winners of today’s Jesolo Moonlight Half marathon held in Italy. Selected results Men Women
Former world cross country champion Irene Chepet Cheptai will be set to defend her World 10km Bengaluru title set for Sunday morning in India. The reigning Commonwealth Games 10,000m silver medalist won the title last year and will be the start at the start list in Bengaluru. After quitting track last year, the 31 year-old […]
Newly crowned Boston Marathon champion Hellen Obiri will renew her rivalry with New York City marathon champion Peres Jepchirchir will be facing off at the Great Manchester 10km Run on Sunday. Obiri will have good company in the race for the title take on Jepchirchir, who finished third at the London marathon. Others in the […]
The world 10km record holder, Rhonex Kipruto, has vehemently denied violating anti-doping rules after he was suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) on Wednesday morning. The 23 year old said in his defence he has not done anything wrong, denying any wrongdoing, emphasising his desire to undergo a longitudinal study on his blood markers […]