Former Chicago marathon champion Abel Kirui has set his focus to earn good results when he lines up at the Mumbai marathon set for May India. The two time world marathon champion said he is training well for the race, expecting good results. Full report https://www.the-star.co.ke/sports/athletics/2021-03-30-kirui-eyes-mumbai-marathon-title-in-may/
Athletics Kenya president Jack Tuwei led Kenyan athletics lovers in mourning the passing on of former Olympian Thomas Saisi who passed on today in aged 75. Saisi was part of a Kenyan male quartet, which clinched gold in the 4×400 yards (now 4x400m relay) at the 1972 Olympics in Munich where they clocked 2.59.83. He […]
Hamburg marathon, which was set for April 11th has been postponed by one week. In a tweet by the reigning Olympic marathon champion, who was set to compete at the event, where he started his marathon career will now be held on 18th April. On his official twitter account, the world marathon record holder posted: […]
Eldoret City marathon that was set to be held on 11th April has been postponed until further notice following the containment measures put by President Uhuru Kenyatta last Friday to avoid the upsurge of coronavirus pandemic spread in the county. Today, race organisers led by Uasin Gishu governor Jackson Mandago and race director Moses Tanui […]
National 100m champion Ferdinand Omanyala has set a new national 100m record at the ongoing Betking MoC Grand Prix at Yabatech Sports Complex in Lagos, Nigeria. The University student ran 10.01 in one of the six semi-final races today. Omanyala’s time, if ratified, will erase former national champion Mark Otieno’s time of 10.14 set in […]
Celebrated Joyce Chepchumba has been trending this week after Virgin London marathon ceebrated her as the first Kenyan and African won to win the London marathon. The ‘missing’ Chepchumba, who has not been in public since she won both Lisbon and Berlin half marathons. Chepchumba won the title in 1997 as the first African and […]
World under 20 3,000m silver medalist Leonard Bett and World cross country junior champion Beatrice Chebet won silver at the 89th edition of Cinque Mulini ran today San Vittore Olona in Italy. Bett, who failed to defend his title finished the race second benidn the champion Melak Nibret from Ethiopia. The 20-year-old Bett, who won the […]
Former World half marathon record holder Geoffrey Kamworor and cureent world half marathon record holder Peres Jepchirchir will lead other kenyas at the Istanbul Half marathon set for April 4th. Kamworor (58:01) will be facing off with current world half marathon record holder Kibiwott Kandie (57:32) in men’s race alongside former Africa Cross country champion […]
Athletics Kenya has announced that all sprinters currently in the Tokyo Olympic “bubble” camp at Kasarani will not break despite the postponement of the World Relays national ahead of World Relays championships to be staged at the Silesia, in Poland. The federation had set that the national trials were to be held this weekend on […]
Athletics Kenya has postponed the planned weekend World Athletics Relays national trials until further notice. Today, the federation announced that the event, without giving any reason to postpone the championships to unknown date. In a communique today, the athletes’ federation wrote: “We would like to inform the public that the Athletics Kenya trials for 2021 […]