Ezekiel Kemboi and Yasmin Can were the winners of the second edition of Chebara Dam Half marathon titles held on Saturday 16th November along the hilly Iten-Kapsowar road in Elgeyo Marakwet County. Kemboi, not the multiple world champion, won the men’s 21km distance edging out top runners for the title. The runner, who is targeting […]
World cross country champion Beatrice Chebet and upstart Samuel Naibei were the winners of Baringo 10Km Road Race held today (Saturday 16th) in Kabarnet , Baringo County. The world under 20 5,000m champion, Chebet won the women’s title that was won by her elder sister Sandra Chebet last year to keep the family dominance at […]
Fresh from winning back to back cross country title, Emanuel Kipchirchir will be chasing Kass marathon 21km title set for Sunday 17th November 2019 in Eldoret. The race, which was introduced this year after disbanding 10km, Kipichirchir will be chasing the inaugural title on Sunday. Kipchirchir won The 29th edition of The University of Eldoret Cross […]
Kenyan runners Leonard Langat and Justus Kangogo are set to battle for Shanghai marathon title this Sunday 17th November in China. The duo who comes from Iten under coach Joseph Cheromei will be chasing their men title. More to follow
Cyrus Rutto became the second Kenyan runner to be banned this week by Athletics Integrity Unit. After Abraham Kiptum was banned on Tuesday, today Rutto received a four year ban for doping violations.
Family Bank half marathon champion Nancy Jelagat will be lining up for Sunday’s Boulogne Half marathon in France chasing overall title as well as good time. A fortnight after winning Standard Chartered 10km Road race, Jelagat who trains in Iten will be travelling today (November 14th 2019) for the race scheduled for Sunday 17th in […]
World marathon record holder Brigid Kosgei was the only Kenyan runner who made it to the final list of five athletes ahead of next week’s Female World Athlete of the Year 2019 Award. Kosgei, who won the Chicago marathon with a world record last month, was first nominated alongside compatriots like the world 3,000m steeplechase […]
Former world half marathon record holder Abraham Kiptum has been handed four years ban for doping. Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) on Monday said The two time Lagos marathon champion was banned following irregularities that showed up on Kiptum’s biological passport, which is used to track potential doping. “The World Athletics Disciplinary Tribunal has banned the […]
World Marathon record holder Eliud Kipchoge made the cut to defend his IAAF Athlete of the Year Award set for Monaco in a fortnight. As Kipchoge will be chasing his double, world 1,500m champion Timothy Cheruiyot was dropped from the final list. Kipchoge on his part became the first human to ran a sub-two-hour marathon […]
Kenya’s Joseph Moses Kiptoo Kurgat and Munkhzaya Bayartsogt of Mongolia took the top honours at the fifth edition of Nanjing Marathon, an IAAF Bronze Label road race, on Sunday (10). The 28-year-old Kurgat emerged victorious from a two-man duel in the last 10 kilometres to set a personal best of 2:13:04, stretching Kenya’s win streak in […]