It was an all Kenyan affair today when Titus Ekiru defended his Milano marathon title, breaking the course record set last year. Kenyan Racheal Mutgaa was the best Kenyan coming in second behind the champion Hiwot Gebrekidan from Ethiopia. The former Honolulu marathon champion won the title ahead of compatriots Reuben Kiprop Kipyego and Barabbas […]
Four time Gold Coast marathon champion Kennedy Mburu Mung’ara will be heading to Milano marathon this Sunday 16th May chasing his second title of the race in Italy. The athlete who won the title in 2015 will be chasing a double title on the course that has defending champion Titus Ekiru, two time world marathon […]
A team of Athletics Kenya officials today assessed Kipchoge Keino stadium in Eldoret ahead of naming the venue to host the Olympic Games national trials. With less than a month to the trials set for June 17th to 19th, the federation had to assess the facility initially on the caladar of events in 2020. Led […]
Despite the Africa Senior Athletics Championships being postponed due to the surge of coronavirus, Athletics Kenya will hold national trials for championships. On Wednesday, the Confederation of Africa Athletics (CAA) postponed the biennial championships that were to be hosted in the Algeria capital, Algiers on 24th to 28th June to unknown dates. But AK will […]
Eldoret City marathon organisers have remained adamant that they will not extend registration time to avoid last minute rush. Race director Moses Tanui assured that that date for dateline registration is June 2nd 2021 ahead of the race on 6th June 2021 in Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County. The two time Boston marathon champion said that […]
The African Championships (seniors), which were to take place in Algiers from June 22 to 26, have been postponed to a later date, due to the health situation linked to the Covid-19 pandemic and following “the recommendations “of the scientific committee for monitoring the evolution of the pandemic, the Ministry of Youth and Sports (MJS) […]
Former world 800m champion Janeth Jepkosgei has embarked on nurturing junior runners to advance in their studies as they focus on develop their track and field talents. The “All For Running” initiative targets talented athletes in secondary schools to help them successfully combine academics and sports. “Right now am working on a project called All […]
Athletics Kenya president Jack Tuwei is optimistic that the World Under 20 championships will be one of the most prestigious event come August at the Kasarani stadium. As the event’s Local Organizing Committee chairman, Tuwei has assured the rest of the world that the country is on course. He said they are still waiting for […]
World Athletics Under-20 Championships Local Organizing Committee (LOC) chairman Mike Rabar is optimistic that the championships will be successful. With barely 100 days to the championships set for August 17th to 22nd at Nairobi’s Kasarani stadium, Rabar said that the LOC is keen to host a memorable event devoid of adverse incidents resulting from the […]
World 10km record holder Rhonex Kipruto won the 10,000m title at the Fernanda Ribeiro Gold Gala in Portugal. The reigning world 10,000m bronze medalist led a 1-2 podium finish for Kenyan athletes with Shardack Koech coming in second position. Kipruto, the 10,000m under 20 champion clocked 27:11.01 ahead of training mate Koech who was second in […]