The unfinished race: Kimetto, Jelimo to Rudisha…what went wrong?

By Isaac Swila,

Isaac Swila in Nairobi Sandra Lamwaka in Kampala Gilbert Kiprotich in Eldoret David Rudisha is an “A class'' athlete, but it’s debata...

Alfred Kirwa Yego , David Rudisha , Dorcas Inzikiru , Pamela Jelimo , Unfinished Race

Kenyan trio nominated for World Athletics award

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

The Kenyan trio of world 5,000m champion Hellen Obiri, Olympic 1,500m champion Faith Kipyegon and Half Marathon world record holder Peres Jepchirchir ...

award , Faith Kipyegon , Female World Athlete , Hellen Obiri , Peres Jepchirchir

Brigid Kosgei makes top five list for prestigious IAAF award

By Isaac Swila,

Women marathon world recorder holder Brigid Kosgei is among the final five nominees for the prestigious 2019 IAAF Female World Athlete of the Year. ...

Brigid Kosgei , Chicago Marthon , France , IAAF Awards , Monaco , World record

Kipruto irked by Diamond League changes

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Olympic and double World 3000m steeplechase champion Conseslus Kipruto has urged IAAF to reconsider the removal of the 3000m steeplechase race from th...

3000m steeplechase , Conseslus Kipruto , Diamond League , IAAF

AK rallies Kenyans to vote for Kipchoge and co.

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Gilbert Kiprotich Athletics Kenya (AK) president Jackson Tuwei has urged Kenyans to vote overwhelmingly for their star compatriots shortlisted for th...

AK , IAAF Female Athlete of the Year , IAAF Male Athlete of the Year

Record-breaker Kosgei hungry for more after Chicago heroics

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

World marathon record holder Brigid Kosgei says she does not plan to coast on her latest accomplishment, declaring she could run even faster after bre...

Athletics Kenya , Brigid Kosgei , Chicago Marathon , lower record , World record

Kosgei, Chepkoech and Obiri nominated for IAAF award

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Newly crowned world marathon record holder Brigid Kosgei, world 3,000m steeplechase record holder Beatrice Chepkoech and world 5,000m champion Hellen ...

Beatrice Chepkoech , Brigid Kosgei , Hellen Obiri , IAAF Female World Athlete of the Year

Eliud Kipchoge, Cheruiyot nominated for IAAF Male World Athlete of the Year award

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

World marathon record holder Eliud Kipchoge and World 1,500m champion Timothy Cheruiyot are among the 11 nominees shortlisted for this year’s IAAF M...

Eliud Kipchoge , IAAF Male World Athlete , shortlisted , Timothy Cheruiyot

‘Mimi mbona nafanyiwa hivi na mimi ni msichana kama wengine?’ Kenya’s Maxmilia Imali speaks out

By Imani Mitchelle,

Maxmilia Imali, one of Kenya's top Olympic long jumpers, has broken her silence months after she was dropped over high testosterone levels in her bloo...

Maxmilia Imali , Semenya , testosterone

Kamau – an unsung heroine in African athletics

By Citizen Team,

When Kenya’s leading athletes get to the IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019 in September, few will think of the logistics of how they got ...

Susan Kamau

IAAF hails decision to lock Semenya out of Worlds

By Agencies,

Athletics' governing body, the IAAF, has said "biology has to trump gender identity" after welcoming the decision to permit restrictions in testostero...

Caster Semenya , IAAF

Why Semenya is likely to miss World Championships

By Agencies,

Caster Semenya says she will not race at the World Championships in Qatar later this year if she loses an appeal against IAAF rules governing testoste...

Caster Semenya , IAAF , World Championships

IAAF claims Caster Semenya is ‘biologically male’

By Reuters,

Olympic 800 metres champion Caster Semenya has accused the global athletics governing body of using her as a human guinea pig as it emerged that the I...

Caster Semenya , IAAF , testosterone

Semenya files appeal to Swiss Supreme Court

By Reuters,

Olympic 800 metres champion Caster Semenya filed an appeal to Switzerland’s highest court on Wednesday against rules requiring middle-distance femal...

Caster Semenya , IAAF , testosterone

Obiri leads strong Prefontaine Classic field

By Stephen Kiprop,

World 5000m champion Hellen Obiri highlights top entries for the Prefontaine classic at the Eugene/Stanford IAAF Diamond League slated for June 30. ...

Semenya to contest 3,000 metres at Prefontaine Classic

By Reuters,

Caster Semenya will compete in the 3,000 metres at the Diamond League’s Prefontaine Classic in Stanford, California on June 30, a distance she can r...

Caster Semenya , Diamond League , Prefontaine Classic

D-Day for DSD athletes after IAAF clampdown

By Reuters,

Athletes with differences in sexual development (DSD) hoping to compete at the World Championships must submit to new rules curbing their levels of te...

Caster Semenya , differences in sexual development , DSD , IAAF

Olympic chief sympathises with Semenya, respects CAS decision

By Reuters,

Olympic chief Thomas Bach said on Saturday he had sympathy for Caster Semenya but respected the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)’s decision that...

Caster Semenya , Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) , Olympic chief Thomas Bach , testosterone

Physicians group calls on members to reject IAAF regulations

By Reuters,

The World Medical Association has called on its members not to implement new International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) regulations tha...

Caster Semenya , IAAF , testosterone

Semenya to run in Doha as IAAF storm rages on

By Reuters,

Double Olympic champion Caster Semenya will run her last 800-metres on Friday before the International Association of Athletics Federations imposes hu...

Caster Semenya , Diamond League