Kenyan athletes are expected to face off with former Kenyan runners who have switched their allegiance to other nations at next month’s World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. With galaxy of talents from middle to long distance running, majority faces the challenge of earning a slot to represent their motherland and fly the country’s flag. […]
Kenyans Evans Mayaka and Ethiopian Medanit Feyera triumphed at today’s May Bank marathon in Indonesia. Selected results Men results Place Name Birth Date Mark 1. Evans MAYAKA 16 JUL 1987 KEN 2:17:01 2. Gaddisa TAFA DEKEBE 11 SEP 1996 ETH 2:17:08 3. Raphael KOLIAN 02 MAR 2001 KEN 2:18:11 4. Felix KIRUI 1986 KEN 2:18:49 […]
Kenya’s Veronica Loleo and Ugandan Jacob Kiplimo were the winners of today’s Buenos Aires half marathon held in Argentina. Selected results Men lace Name Birth Date Mark 1. Jacob KIPLIMO 14 NOV 2000 UGA 58:29 2. Seifu TURA 19 JUN 1997 ETH 59:56 3. Vinicent Nyamongo NYAGEO 18 JAN 1999 KEN 59:57 4. Bereket NEGA […]
Double world half marathon champion Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor and Ethiopian Mizan Alem were the winners to today’s Antrim Coast Half Marathon held Northern Ireland. TOP RESULTS MEN’S HALF MARATHON POS. NAME NAT TIME 1 Geoffrey KAMWOROR KEN 59:51 2 Tadesse GETAHON ISR 1:01:21 3 Phil SESEMANN GB &NI 1:01:22 4 Sondre MOEN NOR 1:01:25 5 […]
It was a double victory for Maureen Chebor Jepkoech, defending her title second edition of Rift Valley Betika BingwaFest Extravaganza at Afraha Stadium, Nakuru County today. Jepkoech won both the women’s 10,000m and 5,000m while Daniel Kimaiyo claimed the men’s 5,000m crown with Richard Etir secured the men’s 10,000m bragging rights. After retaining her Athletics […]
Athletics Kenya President Jack Tuwei has called on all the atheles set to compete at next month’s World Athletics Championships in Tokyo to uphold integrity, competing in clean sports free from doping. Speaking in Eldoret while officially opening the training camp for middle and long distance runners at High Performance Training Centre (HAPTC) at the […]
Reigning Boston marathon champion John Korir has confident that team Kenya will shine at the next month’s World Athletics Championships set for Tokyo, Japan. Korir, who has dominated many road races across the world said that Athletics Kenya selected a formidable team ready to compete for the world set to start on September 13th to […]
Former Africa Games 5,000m champion Robert Kiprop and Gladys Chepkurui have set their sight on World Cross Country and Copenhagen half marathon respectively. Speaking following their victory at the 4th edition of Betika Uasin Gishu half marathon in Eldoret today, the champions said that competing in local races is better as part of their training […]
Maurine Jepkoech successfully defended her Machakos Cross Country title, the opening leg of Athletics Kenya cross Country championships held today in Machakos County. Coming from North Rift, Jepkoech won the 10km senior women title after clocking 30:37.7 ahead of Sandrafelis Chebet Tuei, who was third last in 31:07.6 with Rebecca Njeri Mwangi completing the podium […]
Joshua Kituku will be out to defend his Betika Uasin Gishu Half Marathon title come Sunday August 10 on the streets of Eldoret. Kithuku, who won the men’s title will be among the more than 800 athletes are poised to battle for a second edition of the race and share of over Sh 1.5 million […]