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Decision on staging London Marathon 2020 delayed until next month
By Reuters, 1850, July 27, 2020 (EAT)
A decision on whether this year’s London Marathon can be held has been pushed back until August 7, the organisers said on Monday. The event, orig...

London Marathon , organisers
Kipchoge confident rescheduled London race will take place
By John Kyanda, 1138, July 10, 2020 (EAT)
World marathon record holder Eliud Kipchoge is confident the London marathon will take place on October 4 as scheduled despite the ongoing COVID-19 pa...

Eliud Kipchoge , London Marathon
Q&A with Ethiopian great Haile Gebrselassie
By Allen Mwazani, 1816, July 3, 2020 (EAT)
During an illustrious career that spanned over two decades, Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie dazzled athletics fans across the world and utterly dominated...

Haile Gebrselassie
Kipchoge ‘sad for two weeks’ after London Marathon postponement
By Gilbert Kiprotich, 1230, June 3, 2020 (EAT)
World record holder Eliud Kipchoge has said the postponement of the London Marathon left him sad for two weeks before he came to terms with the decisi...

Eliud Kipchoge
Delayed London Marathon could feature elite athletes only
By Agencies, 1258, April 25, 2020 (EAT)
This year's postponed London Marathon could be staged with elite athletes only, says race director Hugh Brasher. Brasher said that was one of 10 ...

COVID-19 , Eliud Kipchoge , Kenenisa Bekele , London Marathon
Kipchoge, Bekele fight to stay fit as London Marathon remains in limbo
By Reuters, 1246, April 25, 2020 (EAT)
Eliud Kipchoge and Kenenisa Bekele should have spent this week finalising their preparations for the London Marathon but the two best distance runners...

coronavirus pandemic , Eliud Kipchoge , Kenenisa Bekele , London Marathon
I am clean, says Wanjiru after doping suspension
By Gilbert Kiprotich, 1304, April 16, 2020 (EAT)
Former London Marathon winner Daniel Wanjiru has protested his innocence after he was provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) fo...

Daniel Wanjiru , doping
Marathon star Wanjiru suspended for anti-doping violation
By Gilbert Kiprotich, 2310, April 14, 2020 (EAT)
The 2017 London Marathon champion Daniel Wanjiru is the latest Kenyan athlete to be suspended provisionally by the Athletics Intergrity Unit (AIU) for...

AIU , Daniel Wanjiru , London Marathon
We will win fight against coronavirus, says Kipchoge
By Reuters, 1645, March 30, 2020 (EAT)
Eliud Kipchoge, the world’s greatest marathon man, reckoned his first reaction was shock when he heard at home in Kenya that the 2020 Olympic Games ...

coronavirus , Eliud Kipchoge
London marathon postponed to October due to coronavirus
By Reuters, 2339, March 13, 2020 (EAT)
The annual London marathon which was due to take place on April 26 has been postponed to October 4 because of coronavirus, the organizers said on Frid...

coronavirus , Eliud Kipchoge , London Marathon
Kipchoge’s sub-two shoe ‘legal’ under new rules
By Reuters, 1123, February 7, 2020 (EAT)
Nike said the Alphafly shoe worn by Eliud Kipchoge to break the two-hour marathon barrier would be legal under World Athletics' new rules and that wid...

Eliud Kipchoge , Nike
Farah withdraws from Big Half race in London
By Reuters, 1525, February 5, 2020 (EAT)
Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah has withdrawn from next month’s Big Half race in London after sustaining a minor Achilles injury in training, or...

Mo Farah
Farah to face Bekele in Big Half race in London
By Reuters, 1742, January 22, 2020 (EAT)
Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah will begin his Tokyo Games preparations by going head-to-head with Kenenisa Bekele at the Big Half race in March, ...

Kenenisa Bekele , Mo Farah
Bekele backs ‘struggling’ Farah’s return to track
By Reuters, 1201, January 17, 2020 (EAT)
Ethiopian long-distance runner Kenenisa Bekele believes Mo Farah has struggled to flourish in the marathon events at the highest level and said he was...

Kenenisa Bekele , London Marathon , Mo Farah
Bekele to face Eliud Kipchoge in mouthwatering London showdown
By Agencies, 1310, January 17, 2020 (EAT)
Fireworks are expected at this year’s London marathon after organisers added the three-time Olympic gold medallist Kenenisa Bekele to the star-studd...

Bekele , Eliud Kipchoge , London Marathon
Barsoton, Salpeter lead Kolkata 25K fields
By World Athletics, 1613, November 28, 2019 (EAT)
Kenya's Leonard Barsoton and Ethiopia’s Tariku Bekele will go toe to toe at the Tata Steel Kolkata 25K which will be held on December 15. Barsoto...

Leonard Barsoton , Lonah Chemtai Salpeter
Will Kipchoge, Kosgei deliver Kenyan double in Monaco?
By Gilbert Kiprotich, 2024, November 22, 2019 (EAT)
With the World Athletics gala set to go down in Monaco on Saturday, France, Kenyans will be hoping that for the first time both the men and women Wo...

Brigid Kosgei , Eliud Kipchoge , France , Kenyan , Monaco
AK rallies Kenyans to vote for Kipchoge and co.
By Gilbert Kiprotich, 1510, October 17, 2019 (EAT)
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
From humble beginnings: The rise and rise of Eliud Kipchoge
By Citizen Team, 1303, October 12, 2019 (EAT)
Stanley Mativo & Gilbert Kiprotich The greatest marathoner of the modern era Eliud Kipchoge has proved to the world that it’s only ...

Eliud Kipchoge , Marathon , rise
Eliud Kipchoge confident of breaking two-hour marathon barrier
By Agencies, 856, October 12, 2019 (EAT)
Eliud Kipchoge says he hopes to show there are "no limits" by becoming the first person to break the two-hour marathon barrier on Saturday. The Ken...

Austra , Eliud Kipchoge , INEOS 1:59 Challenge , sub-two , Vienna