Former World Half marathon record holder Kibiwott kandie and Diana Chepkorir were the winners of the 2025 Kenya Defence Forces Cross Country championships held today at the Ulinzi Sports Complex. Coming from Embakasi, Kandie clocked 29:24.8 to reclaim the title he lost last year to Peter Mwaniki ahead of Wajir Airbase Wesley Yego who was […]
Upstarts Edwin Kiplangat Bett and Diana Chepkorir were the winners of the Athletics Kenya final leg of Cross country championships held today in Kisii. It was another stellar performance by Joyline Chepkemoi and Emmanuel Someki lemiso who won in the 6km and 8km junior women and men respectively Chepkorir won the 10km women title in […]
Fresh from setting the 5km world record, double Olympic Games champion Beatrice Chebet has been recognized for outstanding year of 2024. Today, Letsrun.com has rewarded double world cross country champion after missing out on the World Athlete of the Year Award despite enjoying the whole season on top of the world. Letsrun crowned Chebet as […]
Former Britain and Canada athletics coach Peter Erickson has petitioned the ratification of Ruth Chepng’etich world marathon record holder’s eligibility. Chepng’etich, who set the mixed World marathon record with victory at the 2024 Chicago Marathon at 2:09.56, has baffled critics that they could not belief a woman can run such time. Last month, her record […]
The reigning world marathon record holder Ruth Chepngetich won silver at the San Silvestre Vallecana 10km held on the New Year’s Eve in Spain. Chepngetich, who set the 42km mixed women marathon at 2:09.56 during the last year’s Chicago marathon finished second behind home girl Marta Garcia as another Spaniard Agueda Marques coming third. Garcia […]
Double Olympic Games gold medalist Beatrice Chebet ended the year on a high note, setting the 5km Road Race world record during today’s Cursa dels Nassos race in Barcelona, Spain. The 24 year old set a new record with a time of 13:54, destroying Agnes Jebet Ng’etich time of 14:00 when she set the then […]
Kenya’s athletics legend Rose Tata Muya has been honored as a global peace ambassador by Women’s Federation for World Peace Organization. Muya who is also the Secretary Generation for Athletics Kenya Masters was among the seven Kenyan women who have been honored the Seoul based international organization. Through her organization Kenya Sports Development Organization, Rose […]
Newly crowned World marathon record holder Ruth Chepngetich will highlight the Nationale-Nederlanden San Silvestre Vallecana 10km race on the new year’s eve. Chepngetich, who set the mixed women world record title when she won Chicago marathon at 2:09.56, will be up against former world marathon record holder Brigid Kosgei on December 31st in Madrid, Spain. […]
Kenyans Jonathan Korir and Charon Kiptugen Jerono were the winners of the second edition of Tamansourt International Half Marathon held on Sunday. Korir won the race with a course record of 59:56 followed by Moroccan Omar Ait Achachan 60:48 as compatriot Moroccan Oussama El Charghi completed the podium at 62: 10. In other results, Ugandan […]
Ethiopian Gudaf Tsegay Desta has expressed willingness to compete on Kenyan soil in future. The 2020 Olympic Games 5,000m bronze medalist wants to compete in the country to renew her rivalry with both Faith Kipyegon and Beatrice Chebet just as the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France. On December 21st, Tsegay took to her facebook […]