Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has provisionaly suspended world marathon record holder Ruth Chepngetich following a positive doping test for a banned diuretic, Hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ). Today, the AIU confirmed that a sample collected from the Kenyan on March 14, 2025, tested positive for the substance at an estimated concentration of 3800 ng/mL, far above WADA’s reporting […]
Team captains Clinton Aluvi is optimistic that they will perform well at the third edition of Africa Under-18 and Under-20 Combined Athletics Championships set for Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State in Nigeria. The 100m runner will lead 47 athletes at the Confederation of Africa Athletics (CAA) African U18/U20 Combined Athletics Championships that starts from […]
Reigning Olympic Games 800m champion Emanuel wanyonyi and Femke Bol set world leading times at the Monaco Diamond League yesterday in France. The world 800m silver medalist, Wanyonyi le from the start to the end, winning the race in 1:41.44, shading off 0.02 set by Djamel Sedjati last year ahead of Josh Hoey was second […]
Edwin Kurgat will lead top Kenyans at the World Athletics Championships in 10,000m in Tokyo, Japan in September. Kurgat, who trains in the USA was the top Kenyan at the Eugene Diamond League, the Prefontaine Classic over the weekend where Athletics kenya was using the event to select the 10,000m athletes to Tokyo. He finished […]
Fresh from setting world records at the Eugene Diamond League, the Prefontaine Classic in the USA, Beatrice Chebet and Faith Kipyegon will lead Kenya at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan come September. The duo will be up flying the Kenya flag alongside Agnes Chebet Ngetich and Margaret Akidor in Tokyo. The federation was […]
Evans Kipchumba Kiyeng and Ne;vin jepkemboi destroyed the half marathon at the Nairobi City Marathon held on Sunday July 6th in Kenyan Capital, nairobi. Kiyeng won the men’s 21km after stopping the timer at 1:01:22 ahead of Stephen Kimutai and Nahason Kipsang who clocked 1:01:24 and 1:01:32 respectively. Men half marathon results Women half marathon […]
Benson Tunyo Murkomen and 2024 Eldoret City marathon champion Emily Chepkemoi were the winners of today’s Nairobi City Marathon held in the Kenyan Capital. Making his second attempt at the race, Murkomen won the men’s title in 2:08:37 ahead of Justus Limo at 2:08:42 and Albert kangogo completing the podium at 2:09:06. In women, Chepkemoi […]
Former Kenyan international turned Bahraini Winfred Yavi, for the first time in three meetings defeated Faith Cherotich at today’s Oregon Diamond League, the Prefontaine Classic in the USA. Yavi nearly set the 3,000m steeplechase world record but the world and Olympic steeplechase champion cut the tape at 8:45.25, missing the world record with less than […]
Three time Olympic Games champion Faith Kipyegon broke her own world 1500m record at the Oregon Diamond, the Prefontaine Classic in the USA. The multiple world 1,500m champion set the world record at 3:48.68 to make history shaking off 0.36 second off the record she set in Paris last year. She beat Ethiopia’s Diribe Welteji, […]
Olympic Games 5,00m and 10,000m champion Beatrice Chebet set a new 5,000m world record in today’s Prefontaine Classic, the Diamond League Series at Eugene, Oregon in the USA. The double world cross country champion became the first women to run the 5,000m under 14 minutes whe she clocked 13:58.06, a repeat of last year when […]