Inaugural 10km Kapsowar Charity and Conservation road race ambassador Peres Jepchirchir has urged Kenyans to embrace the spirit of tree planting to co conserve the environment. The Olympic Games marathon champion said that for athletes to train well and prodce best results, they need to train in good environment. Speaking today during the tree planting […]
Nancy Kiprop will be returning to the New York marathon, targeting podium position in November 7th despite fighting coronavirus stigma. With her husband’s bill reading kshs 2.5 million, she is seeking help. To support Nancy send money through https://secure.changa.co.ke/myweb/share/50139 The three time Vienna City marathon champion will be returning the New York as her first marathon since […]
World Athletes has ratified the newly crowned Chicago marathon champion Ruth Chepng’etuch and Francine Niyonsaba records. Chepngetich clocked 64:02 to set a new world half marathon record when she won the Istanbul Half Marathon. Chepngetich won the title, defeating Yalemzerf Yehualaw and two time Olympic Games 5000m silver medalist Hellen Obiri, won the title with […]
Former Paris marathon champion Betsy Saina has been out of competition and social media for some time but she has finally come out. The track mistress, through her Linkeldin said that she is expecting a child, ready to be a mother. “Well, I haven’t been active posting nowadays, I decided to channel all my energy […]
Couple Stella Barsosio and her husband Edwin Melly partnered well to win the Rotterdam marathon held on Sunday in the Netherlands. Melly was the pacemaker for his wife Barsosio to win the race with her personal best of 2:22.08 from the previous 2:23. The couple landed at the Eldoret International Airport on Tuesday morning, carrying […]
Organizers of Sunday’s Beijing marathon have definelty cancelled the race following the rise in coronavirus in the country. According to BBC, Organisers, just like Wuhan marathon that was cancelled last weekend canceled the “in order to prevent the risk of the epidemic spreading (and) effectively protect the health and safety of the majority of runners, […]
Two time Olympic Games 1,500m champion Faith Kipyegon will be the VIP guest at the 2021 Great 10km Ethiopian Run International. The November 14th event to be staged in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa will be hosting the 27-year old world 1,500m silver medalist. The former world 1,500m junior champion will be accompanied by former […]
President Uhuru Kenyatta has congratulated double Olympic marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge when he won the ANOC Award yesterday. Kipchoge, who holds thw world marathon record was voted as the best athlete during the Olympic Games held in Tokyo, Japan and the a global recognition of Kenya’s prominence as a sporting nation. He faced off with […]
Kenyans Brenda Kiprono and Ezekiel Koech were the winners of the 19th edition of Linz Marathon held yesterday in Austria. Kiprono won the women’s race with the course record of 2:30.27, from the previous record of 2:30.45 set by Lisa-Christina Stublic in 2011. As her personal best time, the 24 year old defeated Urge Diro […]
Kenyan Ednah Mukhwana and Ethiopia’s Habtamu Girma won the Bilbao Night Marathon titles ran in Spain on Saturday. Mukhwana won the title in 2:36.39 setting a new course record beating the record that had been set by Ethiopian Zeritu Wakjire in 2019 at 2:49.24. Ethiopia’s Girma won the men’s title in 2:16.02 ahead of […]