Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has banned Kenyan long Distance runer Nicholas Kiptoo Kosgei for 16 months. At the same time, AIU has suspended Kenyan born turned Bahraini Nelly Jepkosgei for Anti-Doping rules violation. The AIU banned the Kenyan runner from sports for 16 months for the presence of a prohibited substance which is a violation […]
Top Kenyan athletes have been banned by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), especially elite athletes who got the attention of Athletics Kenya president Jack Tuwei. This year, the AIU has banned Jacob Kendagor who failed or refused to submit a sample and James Kibet (norandrosterone) while late last year, Alfred Kipketere and Elijah Manangoi were […]
Olympic marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge returns to Hamburg Marathon, the race he made his debut in the 42km distance in German. The world marathon record holder will be taking on top marathoners across the world on April 11th as he plots to retain his Olympic marathon title in July in Tokyo, Japan. Kipchoge, on his […]
Four days after setting her second world record in 5km road race in Monaco, world 3,000m steeplechase record holder Beatrice Chepkoech was the best Kenyan at the World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold Meeting in Torun. Chepkoech, who now holds two world records finished second in 3,000m behind Ethiopia’s Lemlem Hailu. Hailu won the title in […]
Meet First kenyan female runner Tecla Chemabwai Sang
Fresh from setting world 5km record, Beatrice Chepkoech will be aiming to add another title at the third leg of World Athletics Indoor Tour in Torun tomorrow. The world steeplechase champion Chepkoech won the 3000m at the first World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meeting of the year in Karlsruhe timing 8:34.21 before dropping to third […]
Athletics Kenya selected a formidable team for the Africa Cross country tea.
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 […]