All set for Ol Kalou Cross Country

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

A high turnout of athletes is expected at the third and final leg of Athletics Kenya (AK) Cross Country series set for Saturday in Ol Kalou, Nyandarua...

Athletics Kenya , Lawrence Miano , Nyandarua County , Ol Kalou Cross Country

AK to honour Kenya’s pioneer athletes at 70th anniversary

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Kenya’s founding athletes will be the focal point when Athletics Kenya (AK) commemorates 70 years of its existence  on Tuesday. The event will a...

Athletics Kenya , Celebrate 70th anniversary , Julius Kirwa , Pioneer athletes

Junior athletes hail AK, AIU for anti-doping training

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Upcoming athletes have lauded Athletics Kenya (AK) for introducing an anti-doping seminar which focused on the budding athletes. The four-day seminar...

anti-doping seminar , Athletics Kenya , Junior athletes

Win clean – AK, AIU tell Kenyan athletes at seminar

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Run clean and win clean- was the clarion call as some 35 athletes drawn from Western and North Rift regions converged in Kitale as the four-day virtua...

AIU , Atheltics Integrity Unit , Athletics Kenya , Jackson Tuwei , training , Winning clean

AK, AIU target juniors in anti-doping programme

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Athletics Kenya (AK) will  train their focus on the junior athletes as the annual athletes’ conference kicks off on Wednesday in Kitale, Trans Nzoi...

anti-doping , Athletics Kenya , Barnaba Korir , World Under-20 Championships

‘Adios Diego’: Maradona buried as world mourns football great

By Reuters,

Argentina’s Diego Maradona, one of the world’s greatest ever soccer players, was buried on Thursday amid a global outpouring of grief from the str...

diego maradona

Kipngeno, Kanda toast to victories at Mountain Running Championships

By Festus Lango,

Patrick Kipngéno of Nakuru County clocked 50:37.05 minutes to win the men’s 10km race at the Mountain Running Championship held Sunday in the count...

Athletics Kenya , Beatrice Cheserek , Francisca Kanda , Judith Korir , Mountain Running Championship , Patrick Kipng’eno

Hard work begins as AK picks junior athletes for WU20 program

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

After two days of thrilling action at the Nyayo Stadium, Athletics Kenya (AK) is set to reveal junior athletes to undergo further training in preparat...

Athletics Kenya , nyayo stadium , Pre-trials , World Uunder-20 team

Rono shines as World Under-20 trials begin

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Africa 3000m junior bronze medallist Gideon Rono won the 5000m race as the preliminary trials for the World Under-20 Championships kicked off Friday a...

Juniors fired up for WU20 Trials

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Fireworks are expected when the Athletics Kenya (AK) preliminary trials for the World Under-20 Championships kicks off on Friday at the Nyayo National...

502 juniors to compete at World Under-20 trials

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Some 502 junior athletes will congregate at the Nyayo Stadium on Friday for a two-day pre-trial event for the World Under-20 Championships. The nat...

Junior athletes , nyayo stadium , Pre-trial event , World Under-20 Championships

Murigi leads strong field for Mountain Running Championships

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

A stellar line up is expected for the Athletics Kenya (AK) Mountain Running Championships slated for Sunday in Naivasha. Two-time Mountain Running ...

Athletics Kenya , Joyce Njeru. , Mountain Running Championships , NAIVASHA , Viola Jelagat

AK to host Mountain Running championship in Naivasha

By Agencies,

Naivasha is set to host the Athletics Kenya Mountain Running competition on November 22. The one-day event will be held at the foot of Mount Longon...

Walk race: Gathimba, Wanjiru storm to victories at Kip Keino Classic

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Gilbert Kiprotich at Nyayo Reigning African walk race champion Samuel Gathimba and Africa silver medallist Grace Wanjiru reigned supreme at the 20km ...

Grace wanjiru , Kip Keino Classic Continental Tour , nyayo stadium , Samuel Gathimba , Walk race

Edris, El Bakkali in provisional list for Kip Keino Classic

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

World 5000m champion Ahmed Edris of Ethiopia and world 3000m steeplechase bronze medallist Soufianne El Bakkali are among the foreign athletes that wi...

‘Kip Keino Classic’

AK coach warns of complacency ahead of Nairobi WU20

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

The National junior team head coach Robert Ngi’sirei has warned athletes against getting complacent ahead of next year's World Under-20 Championship...

Nairobi World Under-20

North Eastern athletes tell tales of struggle

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Gilbert Kiprotich    in Garissa While it is almost a routine to meet an athlete in the Rift Valley region doing a morning run at the crack of dawn,...

athletes , Athletics Kenya , garissa , Mandera , North and North Eastern Development Initiative , Wajir

World Under-20 champion Chebet holding onto Olympics dream

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

World Under-20 5000m champion Beatrice Chebet is still holding onto her Olympics dream despite Covid-19 pandemic ravaging the athletics calendar. C...

Beatrice Chebet , Olympics dream , Under-20 5000m champion

Upcoming athletes from Coast region call for more support

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Upcoming athletes in Coast region are in dire need of help in order to realise their potential. The young athletes have showed lots of promise espe...

Athletics Kenya , coast region , Upcoming athletes

New dates for World U20 Championships to be released next month

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

New dates for the postponed World Under-20 Championships will be known next month. The global event was earlier scheduled to be held on July 7-12 a...

Jackson Tuwei , Kasarani , Moi International Sports Centre , World Under-20 Championships