Christed as Home of champions due to its numerous training camps and athletes running across the world, Elgeyo Marakwet county has closed down all the training camps to curb Coronavirus. In today’s circular Elgeyo Marakwet governor Alex Tolgos has ordered the closure of all training camps. “Our athletes are our pride and in this county, […]
Nandi County government has closed down all training camps based in the county to control the spread of Coronavirus Pandemic. The closure will affect over 200 professional athletes who are based in the 20 training camps across the county. Today, county boss Stephen Sang said in order the them to combat COVID-19, they had to […]
Lawrence Cherono’s mission to defend his Boston marathon title has been postponed to October due to Coronavirus Pandemic. In a communication on Friday, the race organisers have rescheduled the race that was to be held on April 20th has been postponed to September 14th. The Chicago marathon winner won last year’s men’s race in 2:07:57 […]
Virgin London marathon organisers has been postponed following the Coronavirus pandemic across the world. The race that was to be held on April 26th has been moved to October 4th was one of the most fearest of them all after two of best marathoners in the world were to face-off. In the race, world marathon […]
Confederation of Africa Athletics (CAA) has cancelled the Africa Cross country championships due to Coronavirus pandemic. more to follow
Athletics Kenya through the Chief Administrative Officer Susan Kamau stopped all athletes to cancel all international races they had signed for this month until further notice. She wrote: “Following the directive from the government of Kenya, and due to the global outbreak of Covid-19, Athletics Kenya hereby informs you that all clearances and travels to […]
Reigning Honolulu marathon champion Margaret Muriuki won the 35th edition of Los Angeles marathon ran today in the United States of America. As John Langat finishes second in men’s race behind ethiopia’s Bayelign Teshager. Muriuki won the women’s title in 2:29.27 ahead of Almaz Negede in 2:32.28 to destroy a 1-2 finish for Kenyans as […]
Reigning Amsterdam Marathon champion Vincent Kipchumba and Baringo’s Lydia Njeri were crowned the champions of the 5th edition of Beyond Zero Half Marathon held today in Nairobi. The Iten based runner won the title in 61:52 ahead of 2018 Gifu Half Marathon champion Nicholas Kosimbei to second in 62:26 and for Kass marathon winner Albert […]
Three-time world half-marathon champion Geoffrey Kamworor and other top Kenyan runners will be forced to adjust their programme after world half marathon championships were postponed courtesy of Coronavirus. The world half marathon record holder was selected by Athletics Kenya to defend his title for the third time alongside 2020 Ras Al-Khaimah Half Marathon champion Kandie […]
Athletics World has rescheduled this month’s World Half Marathon Championships to be held in Poland due to coronavirus. The 21km distance race was to be held on 29th March in Gdynia City has been moved to October due to uncertainty surrounding the spread of the disease. Today, they sent a statement saying they had reached […]