World 3,000m steeplechase record holder Beatrice Chepkoech broke her second world record at the Monaco 5km road race. The steeplechase ran away with the title in 14:43 lowering Caroline Kipkirui’s 14:48 set in 2018 with one second faster than Sifan Hassan’s 14:44 record for a women’s-only race. The 29 year old claimed her second world […]
Commonwealth Games 10,000m bronze medalist Rodgers Kwemoi Chumo and reigning national cross country champion Sheila Chelangat outpaced their opponents to win the National cross country cum national trials for Africa cross country championships at the Ngong racecourse. Kwemoi faced a stiff compettion from world half marathon record holder Kibiwott Kandie, former Africa cross country junior […]
Athletics Kenya has a received a boost ahead of the national cross country championships cum national trials for the Africa cross country championships. Today, Lotto Foundation injected a Ksh 7million to boost the National Cross Country Championships that is set for Saturday at the Ngong Race Course. Lotto Foundation CEO Joan Mwaura said they are […]
Kenya has had numerous doping scandals among athletes banned from competing. Today, we look back at some of them. Some retired while others are active athletes only that they are serving a ban or suspension. Kenya athletes who have been banned from competing in any event Jacob Kendagor (failure or refusal to submit sample) 4 […]
Africa Games 800m silver medalist Cornelius Tuwei and world 3,000m steeplechase record holder were the only Kenyans that picked points at the second leg of Indoor Championships at the Arena Stade Couvert in Lievin, France. Running in heat one Tuwei finished in second position in the 800m timing1:46.88 behind Great Britain’s Elliot Giles who won […]
Making her debut in indoor championships, upstart athlete Naomi Korir will be hoping for better time when she lines up at the Lievin Indoor Meeting in France today. Korir, who made her international debut at the All Africa Games in 2019, competing in 800m said her preparations to compete France are high ready to capture […]
Central Rift secretary Kennedy Tanui is optimistic that the region will perform well at the national championships cum trials this Saturday at the Ngong Racecourse. Tanui said they selected a formidable team during the Discovery Kenya Cross country championships last weekend. “We have the best and we are sure that over ten athletes from the […]
Sandra Chebet and Naibei Kiplimo were the winners today’s Athletics Kenya Nairobi reguon cross country championships held at the Nairobi West prison Grounds. Chebet won the 10km senior women title after timing 33:48.5 ahead of compatriot Emily Chebet (35:07.8) and Margaret Nduta completing the podium in 35:41.6. In 10km senior men, Naibei Kiplimo won in […]
Marceline Cherono booked an automatic qualification to the national cross country championshps cum trials for Africa cross country after she turned up a lone for the championships. But Shadrack Kipchirchir won the 10km title to book for a national slot at the Nyanza North region cross country championships held at Rabuor in Kisumu County yesterday. […]
Panuel Mkungo and Joan Cherop won the Athletics Kenya Coast Region Cross-Country Championship held today at the Dawson Mwanyumba Stadium. Mkungo won the 10km men while Cherop was the women winner. Mkungo won the title in 26:22.18 ahead of Daniel Kemboi (26: 49.48), Vincent Tanui third in 26: 59.59). In senior women, Cherop clocked 36:08.50 […]