Former world marathon record holder was provisionally suspended for violating anti-doping rules. According to Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) Kipsang, the 2012 Olympic marathon champion failed to declare his whereabouts. The 37-year-old Kenyan was suspended “for whereabouts failures and tampering”, both violations of World Athletics’ anti-doping rules, the AIU announced on Twitter. The two time London […]
Former Africa Athletics 10,000m silver medalist Wilfred Kimitei has started his long journey to represent Kenya at the Olympic Games set for Tokyo, Japan this year. Kimitei, the former First Lady Half marathon champion will this Saturday run the Kenya Prison Cross country at Ruiru Training ground as his major race to kick-start the year. […]
World steeplechase record-holder Beatrice Chepkoech to battle compatriot Winny Chebet a the second leg of World Athletics Indoor Meeting in Karlsruhe on January 31. The duo will be chasing 1,500m titles as Chepkoech, who finished third in Karlsruhe in 2018 and went on to win in Dusseldorf and Glasgow, breaking the Kenyan record on both […]
John Langat and Miriam Ebongon will lead top Kenyan runners at the Houston marathon set for January 19. Langat, who has a personal best of 2:08:39 will lead men’s title chase in marathon with compatriot Paul Maina (2:08:49) and Dominic Ondoro(2:08:51) for company in the race. In the women’s category, Ebongon will be the sole […]
Kenya 3,000m steeplechase runner Kenneth Muriithi Njiru died yesterday in a road accident along Nyeri-Nyahururu highway. Njiru, who competed for Kenya Defence Forces, died on the spot when his car collided head-on with another vehicle to end the life of a promising runner. more to follow
Recovering from a knee injury that kept him away from defending his world 1,500m title, Elijah Manangoi has set his eye to win his first Olympic Games medal next year in Tokyo, Japan. The 2018 Commonwealth Games 1,500m champion described his nagging injury as a monster in his career but had to forget about the […]
Kenya’s Jaon Chelimo and Robert Keter finished second and 3rd respectively in women and men races respectively in today Campaccio Internazionale cross Country championships in Italy. The reigning world 5,000m silver medalist Chelimo finished second in 19:27 behind Ethiopia’s Fotyen Tsegay who won in 19:27 while Kenyan Gloria Kite completed the podium in 19:29. In […]
Former world javelin champion Julius Yego has urged President Uhuru Kenyatta to complete at least one state-of-the-art stadium before he retires in order to leave a legacy in sports. The former Commonwealth Games champion advised president Kenyatta to build stadium, especially in Eldoret to aid athletes from north rift in training. He said he has […]
Cosmas Lagat will return to India to defend his Mumbai marathon set for a fortnight while Worknesh Alemu to defend her women title on 19th January. The Kenyan won the title in 2:09:15, the second-fastest winning time in race history, losing course record with 40 seconds of 2:08:35 set Gideon Kipketer in 2016. Lagat will […]
World 5,000m silver medalist Joan Chelimo will be facing off with former Africa Youth 1,500m silver medallist Eva Cherono and reigning Africa cross country junior silver medalist Gloria Kite for Monday’s Campaccio in San Giorgio su Legnano, the World Athletics Cross Country Permit. The experienced Chelimo, who won silver at the world Championships in Doha […]