World 3,000m steeplechase record holder Beatrice Chepkoech won Kenya’s second gold at the 17th IAAF World Athletics Championships inside Khalifa International Stadium on September 30. World 3,000m steeplechase record holder Beatrice Chepkoech won Kenya’s second gold at the 17th IAAF World Athletics Championships inside Khalifa International Stadium on September 30. Chepkoech won the title with […]
The long wait still on as Africa Cross country junior champion Nicholas Kimeli and Krop failed to finish on the podium in 5,000m race in day four of World Athletics championships in Doha, Qatar. Since Benjamin Limo won the 5,000m title in 2005 in Helsinki, Finland, Kenyans have won won the title 14 years ago. […]
Former world half marathon bronze medalist Sally Chepyego was the best runner in the 2019 Berlin marathon ran today in Germany. As Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele missed the world record by two seconds when he won the men’s title. Chepyego who was dropped from Kenya marathon team ahead of world championships in Doha, finished third behind […]
North rift towns of Eldoret, Iten and Kapsabet went quiet at the end of 2019 Berlin marathon that was won by Kenenisa Bekele almost breaking the world record currently held by Eliud Kipchoge. In Eldoret, elite and untested athletes cheered their colleagues competing in Berlin but unlike last year where Kipchoge broke the world record […]
Former world cross country champion Agnes Jebet Tirop retained her 10,000m bronze in the ongoing World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar. The reigning Tuskys Cross country champion defended her bronze title she won two years ago in London after becoming the best Kenyan in 10,000m in 30:25.20. She finished behind the champion Sifan Hassan of […]
Kenyans dominated 800m to sail into the semifinals of the ongoing World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar. Sprinters Emmanuel Korir, Ferguson Rotich and Kipngetich Ng’eno stepped into the semi-finals of the men’s two lap race after when they won in their respective heats. Ng’eno won Heat 2 in 1:46.07 beating Spaniard Adrián Ben (1:46.12) and […]
Former world 800m champion Eunice Sum stormed into the finals in 800m in the ongoing world Athletics championships in Doha, Qatar. The runner who finished 4th in the second heat on Friday to match into the semifinals, finished second today to make her final appearance at the championships. She timed 2:00.10 to finish second in […]
Two time Instanbul marathon champion Ruth Chepng’etich won the first gold medal for Kenya at the IAAF World Championships in Doha, Qatar. The Dubai marathon champion, making her debut in kenya team won the marathon title in 2:32.43, leading the defending champion Rose Chelimo by 63 seconds. The half marathon specialist from Kenya relegated Chelimo, […]
World 3,000m steeplechase record holder Beatrice Chepkoech led her teammates to qualify for the second round at the world championships in Doha, Qatar. The Diamond League winner won Heat 2 in 9:18.01 beating USA’s Courtney Frerichs in 9:18.42. It was the second qualifier after two time world under 20 champion 3,000m steeplechase champion Celliphile Chespol […]
Former world 800m champion Eunice Sum was the first Kenyan to qualify into the second round of the World Athletics Championships that got underway in Doha, Qatar. The former 800m Diamond League winner finished 4th in the second heat to qualify into the semifinals following her win in Moscow six years ago. She finished in […]