Two time Milan marathon champion Titus Ekiru and two time Olympic Games 5,000m silver medalist Helen Onsando Obiri have been included in the already congested list of runners at the Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) half marathon. Ekiru, who was the fastest marathon runner in 2021 returns to United Arab Emirates after winning the Abu Dhabi […]
Organizers of the inaugural Agnes Tirop memorial cross country championships set for this Saturday at the Lobo Village in Eldoret have split the race into two categories. The Local Organizing Committee (LOC) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and secretary Kennedy Tanui explained that there shall be the national and international competitions as a way of giving […]
Reigning Pozman marathon champion Tabitha Gichia Wambui has provisionally been suspended by Athletics Integrity Unity (AIU to violating anti-doping rules. The former Gothenburg marathon champion was suspend with a Notice of Allegation Issued against her. Analysis of the sample, carried out established an Adverse Analytical Finding (“AAF”) for Norandrosterone, a metabolite of Nandrolone, which is […]
The preparations for the inaugural Agnes Tirop Memorial World Cross Country Tour has gathered momentum ahead of Saturday’s showdown at the Lobo Village in Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County. Today, the organizers led by the local organizing Committee chairman Abraham Mutai and technical director Ibrahim Hussein said that they are putting on last minute touches to […]
Kenyans Mike Boit and Purity Jemutai were crowned the champions of Mitja Marato Internacional race held yesterday in Granollers, Spain. Boit took charge of the race from the 12km mark after the pacer Kiprono Sitonik dropped off. Dagnachew tried to keep with Kenyans pace but he was too strong to handle as he cut the […]
World under 20 race walk champion Heristone Wanyonyi and Africa Walk champion Samuel Gathimba claimed the junior and senior race walks at the second and last day of Athletics kenya track and field championships at Nyayo stadium. Gathimba from Kenya Prisons Service won the men’s 20km walk title in 1:26.3 ahead of Kenya Defence Forces […]
National 100m record holder Ferdinand Omanyala Omurwa was the star at the World Indoor Tour Miramas meeting on Friday night in France. The Africa 100m record holder broke the Kenyan indoor record on his debut in the 60m at 6:63, the World Athletics Indoor Tour Bronze Level series. Omanyala broke the national record of 6:70 […]
Stralugano Half Marathon winner Matthew Samperu, Isaac Cheluko and Nelson Mandela were the winners of 10,000m heats at Athletics Kenya Track and Field meeting kicked off today at the Nyayo stadium. Samperu won heat one of the men’s 10,000m final as Cheluko won the second while Mandela was the third heat champion. Samperu said: “I […]
Former Olympic Games 1,500m champion Asbel Kiprop is thinking of quitting his favourite race, the 1,500m following his four year return into action from the ban. Speaking at the Kipchoge Keino stadium in Eldoret during his first track training after four years, Kiprop, without naming his next move, said it has been a while competing […]
Former Olympic Games 1,500m champion Asbel Kiprop will be making his track debut at the Kenya Police Track and Field championships after completing his four-year ban that came to an end on Wednesday 2nd February. The lanky runner, who has consistently declined to accept that he doped has joined a long list of athletes who have […]