Raymond Cheruiyot and Daniel Kimaiyo qualified to compete at the 1,500m finals during the opening day of World Under 20 Athletics championships in Cali, Colombia today. Cheruiyot won the second heat in 3:40.96 beating Vivien Henz (3:45.04) and Canadian Max Davies was third in 3:45.55 Kimaiyo won the first heat in 3:42.49 ahead of Ethiopia’s […]
Reigning Africa Senior Athletics championships 100m champion Ferdinand Omanyala will be lighting up Alexander Stadium as track and field events kicks off tomorrow. The Africa 100m record holder who lost at the World Athletics championships in the semifinals, will have to prove his worth as the eighth fastest man of all time in the 100m […]
Former Los Angeles marathon champion Margaret Wangare Muriuki won second medal for Kenya at the Ongoing Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. The former Africa championships 1,500m Wangare won silver in marathon, the second medal after Michael Gitahe winning marathon bronze.
Reigning Fukuoka marathon champion Michael Githae won the first medal for Kenya at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England today. Gitahe, who replaced Simon Kacheran over doping suspension won bronze behind Ugandan Victor Kiplangat who won gold with Tanzanian Felix Sambu settling for silver in an all East Africa Community podium sweep. Kiplangat won […]
Double world marathon champion Abel Kirui is optimistic that Kenya will retain the World Under 20 title when they compete at the championships next month in Cali, Colombia. Kenya, which won the title last year at the Kasarani stadium and and Tampere in Finland the 28 athletes, 14 men and women will be flying the […]
Pamela Kosgei has replaced Diana Chepkemoi in the Kenya team ahead of World Under 20 Athletics championships that starts next week in Cali, Colombia. With the championships set to start on August 1st to 6th, Kosgei, the young sister of world marathon record holder Brigid Kosgei will be competing alongside the reigning world under 20 […]
Africa under 20 5,000m silver medalist Jacob Krop won silver at the last day of World Athletics championships in Eugene, Oregon in the USA. Krop finished second in the 5,000m race after timing 13:09,24 behind Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen who won gold in 13:09.24, while Uganda’s Oscar Jacob Chelimo settled for bronze in 13:10.20 denying the […]
World under 18 400m silver medalist Mary Moraa settled for silver at the concluded World Athletics championships in Eugene, Oregon in the USA. Moraa, won the 800m bronze medal when she cross the finish line in 1:56.71 behind home girl Athing Mu, who managed 1:56.30 Keely Hodgkinson from Britain timed 1:56.38 for silver. Kenya ended […]
Home player Nelson Nyoike beat a field of 253 golfers to win the 13th leg of the Safaricom Golf Tour held at the par 72 Vet Lab Golf Club. Playing off handicap 21, the sixty-two year old golfer capitalized on the home advantage and his excellent form to post 22 points in the front nine […]
The reigning world cross country junior champion won the 5,000m silver medal at the ongoing world Athletics championships in Oregon, USA. Chebet said she will work on her speed after coming second in the 12-lap race as she clocked 14:46.75. Ethiopia took gold courtesy of 1500m runner Gudaf Tsegay posting 14:46:29 and Dawit Seyaum taking bronze in 14:47.36 “For […]