Delvin Meringor and Kennedy Kimengw’a braved the scorching sun to win the Western Region Athletics Kenya cross country titles held at Kapsokwony High school grounds in MT Elgon, Bungoma County. Felix Kibet and Grace Loibach dominated the juniors’ races ahead of national championships cum national trials ahead of Africa Cross country championships in Lome, Togo […]
World cross country champion Hellen Obiri and world half marathon record holder Kibiwott Kandie were the winners of the 2021 Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) cross country championships held today at Moi Airbase. Sergeant Obiri won the senior women’s 10km title ahead of Joyce Chepkemoi. It was the same script in men’s 10Km when Kandie of […]
National cross country champion Sheila Chelangat and three time world cross country champion Geoffrey Kamworor reclaimed their National Police Cross country titles held today at the Ngong racecourse. Representing Central, Chelangat won senior women’s 10km race timing 33:34.5 ahead of former World 3,000m steeplechase champion Hyvin Kiyeng (NPC), Edith Chelimo (Nairobi) and World 5,000m silver […]
World cross country champion Hellen Obiri will lead other athletes at Friday’s Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) cross country championships at Moi Airbase, Nairobi. Obiri, who won the world 5,000m title in 2019 will be hoping to win the title after failing to compete last year, but hopes to recapture the title for the fifth time, […]
Former World Indoor 3,000m bronze medalist Bethwell Birgen will be chasing his first win in 2021 when he lines up at the Karlsruhe, the first World Indoor meeting in Germany this Friday 29th January 2021. Birgen, who won the 2017 World Indoor overall 1,500m title said his preparations have been in top gear and heading […]
Former Commonwealth Youth Games 3,000m champion Sheila Chelangat has set focus to run her best at the National Police service (NPS) Cross country championships this Friday at Ngong Racecourse. The reigning National Cross country champion said she will be using the police cross country to book for national trials ahead of Africa Cross country championships […]
Reigning Leiden Golden Spike 10km champion Nicholas Kimeli and BOclassic 10km silver medalist Dorcas Tuitoek Jepchirchir will be chasing the the 30th edition of Discovery Cross country title. The Sunday event at the Eldoret Sports club will see Kimeli, the Africa Junior cross country champion write history in defending his 10km title as he plans […]
With Athletics Kenya bidding for 2025 World Athletics championships, Sports Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohammed is confident that the country will win the bid. Speaking in Eldoret, Amina said the country has had world events and the bid won’t fail. Full report: https://www.the-star.co.ke/sports/athletics/2021-01-27-amina-exudes-confidence-in-kenyas-bid-for-world-championships/https://www.the-star.co.ke/sports/athletics/2021-01-27-amina-exudes-confidence-in-kenyas-bid-for-world-championships/
Organizers of the BAA Boston Marathon on Tuesday announced the dates for the race that was postponed in 2020 due to coronavirus pandemic. As one of the World Marathon majors, Boston Marathon will take place on Monday, October 11 2021 changing the calendar that normally takes place in April in the Massachusetts, USA. “We announce […]
Athletics Kenya has moved the planned National Cross country championships from Kisii County to Nairobi. On Saturday, the federation’s CEO Susan Kamau announced that the 2022 National Cross Country Championships-cum-Trials will be staged in Nairobi’s Jockey Club in Ngong Nairobi on February 13 not the initialy planned Kisii Golf Course. In the latter, Kamau wrote: […]