World Under 20 1,500m champion Wilson Chepkwech, Bramwel Chesala and Purity Munyalo produced an emphatic display winning gold medals in athletics at the ANOCA Zone V Youth Games at Kenyatta University, Nairobi today. Chepkwech won the 1,500m boys title claimed gold in 3:46.81 by defeating Ethiopia’s Wabi Wejra Seblega, who secured silver in 3:52.83, while […]
World Road Running half marathon silver medallist Daniel Simiu Ebenyo and the reigning world world cross country champion Agnes Jebet Ngetich will lead Kenya’s charge at the World Road Running Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark. Athletics Kenya on Friday named a 16-member squad that will represent the country in the half marathon, 5km and one-mile races […]
Kenyan marathon legend Eliud Kipchoge has thrown his support behind the Race for Mobility campaign, urging Kenyans to back efforts to raise KSh100 million to provide pediatric wheelchairs for children living with disabilities. The campaign spearheaded by Michael Panther, founder of Hope Mobility Kenya, seeks to raise the funds by participating in the 2026 Standard […]
Kenya finished second place behind hosts, USA, as the 21st World Athletics U20 Championships wrapped up on Sunday evening at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, USA. The Kenyan team, consisting of 23 athletes—12 boys and 11 girls—achieved a total of 11 medals: 4 gold, 3 silver, and 4 bronze medals. Kenya won both 1500m titles […]
Josephine Sembeyo Mancha won gold for Kenya at the concluded five day World Athletics under 20 championships in Oregon, USA as caren Chepchirchir settled for bronze. Sembeyo, who missed a podium finish at the Africa Under 18 championships after finishing 5th in the 800m, won Kenya’s third gold in the 1,500m when she clocked 4:16.73 […]
Reigning Africa under 18 3,000m steeplechase champion Emmanuel Lemiso Someki and Africa 3,000m steeplechase silver medalist Nicholas Kitum Losiwareng won silver and bronze on the last day of the World Athletics Under 20 Championships in Oregon, USA. A student at the Raila Odinga educational Centre, Lemiso who won the 3,000m steeplechase at the East Africa […]
The final day of World Athletics Under 20 Championships was good for Kenya as Wilson Wilson Chepkwech led David Kapaito Sekento to win gold and silver in the 1,500m race at the World Athletics Under 20 championships in Oregon, USA. Coming from Andersen High school in Trans nzoia County, Chepkwech led David kapaito in a […]
Former Jeddah half marathon champion Erick Kiplangat and upstart Millicent Jelimo emerged victorious at the 4th edition of the Betika Uasin Gishu Half Marathon held today in Eldoret, Uasin Gishu county. Kiplangat produced a strong performance to win the men’s race in 61:07, edging Kenneth Kiprono, who finished second in 61:14 before Gilbert Kipkosgei completing the podium in 61:22, while Stephen Chebon and John Mwaniki finished fourth and fifth in 61:25 and 61:26 respectively. Kiplangat said: “I am […]
Reigning World Cross Country Under-20 silver medallist Emmanuel Kiprono claimed Kenya’s second gold medal at the ongoing World Athletics Under-20 Championships in Eugene, Oregon, after winning the men’s 3,000m title in a championship-record time. The 17-year-old Kenyan clocked 7:28.28 to secure the gold medal, returning to the global stage with a determined performance after finishing […]
Kenyans continued with their dominance at the ongoing 2026 World Athletics Under-20 Championships in Oregon, USA. Today, six out of 8 Kenyans who were in action on day two qualified for the finals in their respective events, while two were eliminated. Caren Chepchirchir and Josephine Mancha Sembeyo won their 1500m heats to qualify for Sunday’s […]