Reigning world under 20 5,000m champion and Commonwealth Games 5,000m bronze medallist Edward Zakayo will be missing the postponed World Under 20 championships set for Nairobi next year due to his age. With that, the All Africa Games 5,000m champion will be changing the tactic as he is focused to the Olympic Games 5,000m title. […]
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Kipchoge, Bekele set for virtual marathon relay
Olympic marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge and Berlin marathon champion Kenenisa Bekele are set to battle in the Virtual Marathon Relay in June. According to BBC, Kipchoge from Kenya, Bekele of Ethiopia will be joined by Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei and world half marathon record holder. The race is set to be run between June 7th and […]
World Athletics ratify Kipruto’s world record
World Athletics has ratified two time world under 20 10,000m champion Rhonex Kipruto’s 5km and 10km World Records to (13:18) and 10km (26:24) respectively. The world 10,000m bronze medalist set the new world record during the January 12th 2020 Valencia Ibercaja 10km. He won the title in 26:24 taking off 14 seconds from then record […]
Kipruto plotting to break his own record
The reigning world under 20 10,000m champion Rhonex Kipruto will be hoping to lower his 10km world record when the coronavirus pandemic ends. According to Daily Nation, the young runner believes that with good preparations his record can dip further after breaking the world record during the Valencia Ibercaja road race in 26:23 breaking Uganda’s […]
Edward Zakayo focus on 2019 world X-country and championships
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 […]
Edward Zakayo, Teresa Engesha headline Most Promising SOYA list
Reigning world Under-20 5,000m champion Edward Zakayo and Harambee Starlets forward Teresa Engesha have been nominated for the Most Promising 2018 Safaricom Sports Personality of the Year (SOYA) Awards in boys and girls categories respectively. The world under 18 3,000m silver medalist Zakayo will face judoka Carlos Ochieng, world Under-20 champion in 10,000m Rhonex Kipruto, […]
Leonard Komon salutes Joshua Cheptegei for breaking his world record
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 […]