Chepkoech breaks 5km world record in Monaco

By World Athletics,

World 3000m steeplechase champion Beatrice Chepkoech broke the world 5km record when she clocked 14:43 at the Monaco Run on Sunday. The performance b...

Chelangat eyeing top prize at Police Cross Country

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

National Cross Country Champion Sheila Chelangat will be going for nothing short of victory when the National Police Service Cross Country Championshi...

Tuwei optimistic ahead of World Athletics Awards

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

With the 2020 World Athletics Awards ceremony set to be held virtually on Saturday, Athletics Kenya (AK) president Jackson Tuwei is confident AK will ...

Athletics Kenya (AK) , awards , Jackson Tuwei , World Athletics

Jepchirchir on course for World Athletics award

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

World Half marathon champion Peres Jepchirchir is among the five finalists for the Female World Athlete of the Year award 2020. In the final shortl...

Peres Jepchirchir , World Athletics

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

World record ratified for Jepchirchir

By World Athletics,

Just five days before Sifan Hassan and Peres Jepchirchir clash at the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships Gdynia 2020, their recent world reco...

Peres Jepchirchir , Ratified , World records

Kipyegon, Hassan chase fast times at Hengelo meeting

By World Athletics,

Faith Kipyegon, Sifa Hassan and Yomif Kejelcha are among the stars signed up for a middle and long distance meeting set for 10 October at FBK Stadium ...

Faith Kipyegon , FBK Stadium , Hengelo , Sifa Hassan , Yomif Kejelcha

Kirwa: Expect records to fall at Kip Keino Classic

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

National athletics head coach Julius Kirwa says he expects records to fall during Saturday's Kip Keino Classic Continental Tour meet at the Nyayo Nati...

Kipyegon storms to victory in Ostrava

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Olympic 1500m champion Faith Kipyegon underlined her rich form at the Ostrava Golden Spike, storming to her third consecutive win in under a month on ...

Diamond League , Faith Kipyegon , Ostrava Golden Spike

Hassan breaks women’s one-hour record as Kosgei is disqualified

By Reuters,

Sifan Hassan, of the Netherlands, smashed the world record for the women’s one-hour race by more than a lap when she ran 18,930 metres during the Br...

Brigid Kosgei , Brussels , Sifan Hassan

World records under threat in Brussels

By World Athletics,

The King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels will be empty of spectators for Friday night’s Wanda Diamond League exhibition meeting but brimming with amb...

Brussels , Faith Kipyegon , King Baudouin Stadium , Wanda Diamond League , World records

Kosgei, Kipyegon plot world records at Brussels DL

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

World marathon record holder Brigid Kosgei and Olympic 1500m champion Faith Kipyegon will be attempting to break world records at the Brussels Diamond...

Brigid Kosgei , Faith Kipyegon

Kipyegon targeting world 1000m record in Brussels

By World Athletics,

Reigning Olympic 1,500m champion Faith Kipyegon has set her sights on the world 1000m record at the Memorial Van Damme, a Wanda Diamond League meeting...

Faith Kipyegon , world 1000m record

Kipyegon, Cheruiyot confirmed for Monaco DL

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Olympics 1500m champion Faith Kipyegon and world 1500m champion Timothy Cheruiyot have been confirmed for the Monaco Diamond League slated for August ...

Faith Kipyegon , Monaco Diamond League , Timothy Cheruiyot

AK lobbies EU embassies to save Kenyan athletes from Diamond League blockade

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

The Ministry of Sports backed by Athletics Kenya have begun to engage embassies of European Union (EU) countries in a bid to rally them to allow Kenya...

Athletics Kenya(AK) , European Union (EU) , Ministry of Sports , Schengen states

Rojas, Cheptegei and Hassan confirmed for Monaco DL

By World Athletics,

Organisers of the Herculis EBS Meeting have confirmed the first major stars set to compete at the Wanda Diamond League fixture in Monaco on 14 August....

Joshua Cheptegei , Monaco Diamond League , Sifan Hassan , Yulimar Rojas

Program for National Prayer Day at State House

By Citizen Reporter,

President Uhuru Kenyatta declared Saturday March 21, 2020 as a national day for prayer following the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. Kenya has s...

coronavirus , Prayer , Uhuru

Factbox – Nike’s Vaporfly shoes and tumbling records

By Matthews Mutai,

World Athletics is set to announce the findings of a review of technology in road and track shoes by the end of January, and it is expected to change ...

Brigid Kosgei , Eliud Kipchoge , Joshua Cheptegei , Nike , Nike AlphaFly , Sifan Hassan , Vaporfly

World Athletics ratifies Keter’s 5km record

By Philip Muchiri,

The World Athletics has ratified Kenya’s Robert Keter’s world 5km record of 13:22. Keter, who was something of an unknown when he lined up for ...

Robert Keter , World 5km record , World Athletics

Kipyegon braced for Tokyo face-off with Hassan

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

As Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon gears towards defending her Olympic title at this year’s Summer Games in Tokyo, Japan, she is ready for the prospect o...

Faith Kipyegon