Eliud Kiptanui will battle former Paris marathon champion Peter Kemli Some in today’s 17th edition of Xiamen Marathon, the first IAAF Gold Label road race of 2019. The duo will fight against defending champion Ethiopian Dejene Debela after Kiptanui ran the fastest man in the field having clocked a PB of 2:05:21 to finish second […]
For the first time in history, Athletics Kenya will be hosting national cross country championships cum national trials in Eldoret ahead of this year’s world cross country championships. As organisers plans to host the championships in the afternoon just like the IAAF meetings that take place in the evening. This year, the national trials will […]
Former world junior champion Sandrafelis Chebet won the 15km Sao Silvester De Sao Paul road race in Brazil, a great gift for new year. The local cross country runner ushered in the 2019 on high winning the title in 50:02 ahead of compatriot Paulin Kamulu in 50:19 before Ethiopian Mestawot Tiruneh compl;eting the podium timing […]
Chicago marathon champion Brigid Kosgei ended the 2018 on a high note by winning the San Silvester Vallecana Madrid 10km road race defeating Commonwealth Games 5,000m champion Hellen Obiri who was making a debut in road running. Experienced road runner Kosgei led a 1-2 finish for Kenyan runners in the Spanish Capital on Monday night […]
Former world half marathon silver medalist Bedan Karoki will be targeting Tokyo marathon following his exploits at the inaugural Nyahururu 10km road race. Karoki, who finished second behind compatriot in the 2016 world half marathon in Cardiff, clocked 28:22.6 to win the race as part of his preparations for Tokyo marathon in February in the […]
Reigning 5,000m Commonwealth Bronze medalist Edward Pingua Zakayo has set his focus on the 2019 world cross country and world championships following his good run in the 2018. The Form Three student at Kapsait secondary school in Elgeyo Marakwet was on top of his career at a tender age and wants to extend his good […]
Olympic 5,000m silver medalist Hellen Obiri and reigning Chicago marathon champion Brigid Kosgei will be facing off at the new year’s opener San Silvester vallecana 10km race, the IAAF Silver Label road race. The Kenyan duo will be facing off with ethiopia’s Tirunesh Dibaba. Obiri, the 5000m Commonwealth Games champion and the African 5,000m champion […]
Kenyan athletes are mourning the death of former National Olympics Committee (NOC-K) chairman Charles Mukora. Mukora who served as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) member died on Thursday evening was the pioneer athletics coach who boasts to having coached some of Kenya’s greatest athletes among them Kipchoge Keino. At 83, Mukora stepped down as NOCK […]
As 2018 comes to an end, Mary Keitany has been a stand out athlete in the country following her fourth victory at the New York City Marathon in November. Keitany ran four races in the whole year collecting maximum accolades across the world but she dedicated her achievements to her family and running mates who […]
Former world cross country silver medallist Leonard Patrick Komon has saluted the new world 15 km record holder Joshua Cheptegei for his excellent run last month. A man who ran away from the killer militia, Sabaot land Defence Forces (SLDF) that was led by his elder brother Wycliffe Komon alias Matwakei, Komon who held the […]