Reigning Olympic Games javelin silver medalist Julius Yego will be in the field on Wednesday morning to improve on his silver at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to win silver, Yego will be facing off with other throwers seeking a qualification into the second round. Yego, who has a personal […]
Reigning world 1,500m champion Timothy Cheruiyot, Abel Kipsang and Charles Simotwo all qualified to compete at the semi-finals of the ongoing Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. The Tuesday morning encounter at the Olympics Stadium, finished second in heat one timing 3:36.01 in a race won by Belgium’s Ismael Debjani in 3:36.00. Kipsang won heat two […]
National 400m champion Hellen Syombua bowed out of the ongoing Tokyo Olympic Games in Japan. The only Kenyan one-lap race runner who holds the national record completed Heat 5 in 5th position after she timed 52.70 in the preliminaries. As Syombua was 5th, Jamaica’s Stephenie Ann McPherson won the heat in 50.89 with Natalie Kaczmarek […]
World 5,000m champion retained her Olympic Games silver medal at the ongoing Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. Obiri, who won the silver at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro behind the champion Vivian Chruiyot, she managed to win silver behind Netherlands Sifan Hassan at the Olympics stadium today. The world cross country champion […]
Africa 3,000m steeplechase champion Benjamin Kigen won the first medal for kenya at the ongoing Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. Despite keyans dominating the race since Amos Biwott set the pace in 1968, it was the first time that Kenya lost the title to Moroccan Soufiane El Bakkali as Kigen settled for bronze. El Bakkali […]
Olympic 1,500m champion Faith Chepngetich Kpipyegon, Winny Chebet and Edinah Jebitok sealed their places into the semi-finals of the women’s 1500m at the ongoing Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. Chepng’etich won Heat three timing 4:01.40 as she focuses to defend her title she won at the 2016 Rio Games, beat Ethiopia’s Genzebe Dibaba (4:10.27) and USA’s […]
World 800m bronze medalist Ferguson Rotich and Emmanuel Korir will face each other at the Olympic Games 800m final in Tokyo, Japan. A win for Kenya will cement the country’s dominance in the two lap race where Kenya is expected to defend the title won by David Rudisha in 2016 and 2012 while Wilfred Bungei […]
Emmanuel Korir and Ferdinand Omanyala Omurwa bowed out of the ongoing Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. Korir, the only 400m Kenyan runner was disqualified for a false start in the men’s 400m preliminaries today morning. This was the second time Korir was competing in both 400m and 800m in a major championship after he made […]
Reigning world 3,000m steeplechase champion Beatrice Chepkoech, Olympic Games 3,000m steeplechase silver medalist Hyuvin Kiyeng have qualified to compete at the 3,000m steeplechase finals in the ongoing Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. Chepkoech, and Kiyeng will be chasing a 1-2 top finish at the finals at the Olympic stadium but not the podium sweep after […]
Kenya’s Mary Moraa bowed out of the Olympic Games 800m title chase after losing in today’s semifinals in Tokyo, Japan. The world under 18 400m silver medalist finished third in the first heat by timing 2:00.47 won by Jamaican Natoya Goule in 1:59.57 and America’s Ajee Wilson (2:00.79) in the second position. Kenya’s long wait […]