Reigning World half marathon record holder Joyciline Jepkosgei has been included into Africa Cross country team set for Lome, Togo. The Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) will be replacing Sheila Chelangat and Commonwealth Games 10,000m silver medallist Stacy Ndiwa who withdrew. The reigning New York Marathon champion will be running alongside reigning 5,000m runner Margaret Chelimo, […]
Kenya’s Victor Chumo won the Barcelona Half Marathon with his personal best on Sunday in Spain. The man who was part of Ineos pace setter won 59:58 to clinch the title improving from 60:03 set last year in Lille. He ran alongside compatriot Moses Koech, Uganda’s Stephen Kissa and Mande Bushendich, and Eritrea’s Abrar Osman and Ethiopia’s Tesfahun Alkanew.
Amos Biwott is regarded as the Kenyan father of 3,000m steeplechase following his first-ever Olympic Games gold medal in the 1968 Summer Olympic Games in Mexico City. Born in 1945 in Nandi Count, Biwott edged out Ken Kogo in a 1-2 finish for Kenyan team, since then, Kenya has never lost any title in water […]
Kibiwott Kandie and Sheila Chelagat won the national Athletics Kenya Cross Country Championships cum trials for Africa Cross country championships held at the Ngong Racecourse. The Kenya Defence Forces runner ended the 17-year long wait to give soldiers the first win from Kenya Police Service after stunning three-time world half-marathon champion Geoffrey Kamworor. Kandie won […]
Maureen Cherotich and Samuel Chebolei were crowned the junior champions at the Athletics Kenya Cross Country Championships cum national trials ahead of Africa Cross country championships in Lome, Togo held today at the Ngong Racecourse. The South Rift Cherotich defeated her counterpart Edinah Jebitok to win the women’s Under-20 6km, which was a replica of […]
Trailblazing Julius Tanki has high hopes of representing the nation at the Africa Cross country championships in Lome, Togo as well as the Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. The former Japan-based runner is preparing for the national trials on Saturday at Ngong Racecourse, willing to feature into Kenya Team, for the first time to wear national colours. […]
First Lady Margaret Kenyatta today set the ball rolling for this year’s Beyond Zero Half Marathon by flagging off a 100-men run at Karura forest. The men only run, under the tagline ‘I will Run For Her’, is a precursor for this year’s Beyond Zero Half Marathon slated for Sunday, March 8th. The event was […]
Africa cross country junior champion Nicholas Kimeli is hoping to return to Africa cross country championships ahead of the trials set for this Saturday at Ngong Racecourse. The national trials, which were postponed due to the death of the second president Daniel Toroitich Arap Moi will see top regions and Athletics Kenya affiliates compete for […]
Top World Athletics officials will be inspecting the preparations for this year’s world under 20 athletics championships set for July at Moi Sports Centre, Kasarani. The high-powered 19 member delegation landed in Nairobi on Tuesday for a two-day site visit ahead of the championships set to be between July 7 to 12. Visiting World Athletics […]
Postponed Athletics Kenya national championships cum trials for Africa cross country championships to be held in Loe, Togo will be held on Saturday at the Ngong Race Course. Last weekend, Athletics Kenya was forced to postpone the national trials following the death of Kenya’s second president Daniel Toroitich Arap Moi that were set to be […]