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North Eastern athletes tell tales of struggle
By Gilbert Kiprotich,
1510, July 6, 2020 (EAT)
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,...
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AK calls on government to sustain its ambitious youth camp programme
By Gilbert Kiprotich,
1241, December 23, 2019 (EAT)
Athletics Kenya (AK) has urged the government to sustain the youth camp programme beyond the 2020 World Under-20 Championships. Ahead of next year...
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Junior athletes heighten preps ahead of World Under-20
By Gilbert Kiprotich,
1340, December 19, 2019 (EAT)
As the World Under-20 Championships draws closer, junior athletes are stepping up preparations towards the global event slated for July 7-12 in Nairob...
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Keringet camp dreaming of World Under-20 success
By Gilbert Kiprotich,
1158, December 18, 2019 (EAT)
Keringet Athletics Training Camp located in Nakuru County is seeking to send at least 10 athletes to the national team for next year’s World Under-2...
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Kenya’s Chakava among top women to watch in 2020: Forbes
By Duncan Mutwiri,
938, December 13, 2019 (EAT)
More women are taking up c-suites, becoming the captains of industry and holding the reins in governments. The bar has been set higher for women wh...
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Road to Doha: In Manangoi’s absence, who will reign supreme in 1,500m?
By World Athletics,
1413, September 24, 2019 (EAT)
It seems wrong to describe Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen as a wunderkind, because even though he only turned 19 on 19 September, he has the attitude ...
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Ndingiti: Walk Racing has changed everything for me
By Gilbert Kiprotich,
720, August 1, 2019 (EAT)
For any child raised in a humble beginning, it is their dream to change the situation for the good and that is no exception for Africa Under-20 10000m...
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Coach Kirwa, AK to hold crunch talk with athletes amidst decline in 5,000m
By Gilbert Kiprotich,
1700, July 22, 2019 (EAT)
National athletics coach Julius Kirwa has said that Athletics Kenya is planning to hold crunch talks with men’s 5,000m athletes as they seek to find...
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Standoff as DCI impounds goods released by court
By Raquel Muigai,
2131, May 28, 2019 (EAT)
Trouble is brewing between a Nyahururu-based magistrate and the Directorate of Criminal Investigations over a consignment of alleged contraband food p...
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How Kenya shone at Youth Athletics Championship in Abidjan
By Gilbert Kiprotich,
1541, April 22, 2019 (EAT)
Kenyan athletes dominated the proceedings at the just concluded Africa Youth Athletics Championships which came to a close Saturday in Abidjan, Ivory ...
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The 2019 World XC Championships: What you need to know
By Gilbert Kiprotich,
1251, March 26, 2019 (EAT)
With the clock ticking towards the 43rd edition of the IAAF World Cross Country Championships set for Saturday in Aarhus, Denmark we take a look at so...
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IAAF, spare our talented youth the bad omen
By Citizen Team,
1813, March 19, 2019 (EAT)
This week’s decision by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) in their Council meeting in Qatar regarding the 2020 Diamond L...
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AK glee as sprinters turn up in record numbers at weekend meet
By Gilbert Kiprotich,
1332, March 4, 2019 (EAT)
Athletics Kenya (AK) has expressed its delight with the large number of sprinters who turned up for the first relay series held Saturday at the Nairob...
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Itching Manangoi can’t wait to go as X-Country D-Day nears
By Philip Muchiri,
1205, February 20, 2019 (EAT)
It will be a different ball game for World 1,500m champion Elijah Manangoi as he aims to represent Kenya for the first time in the World Cross Country...
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Big names parade for Cross Country race
By Philip Muchiri,
1313, January 22, 2019 (EAT)
A battle of the titans is on the cards at the 28th edition of the Discovery Cross Country race set for Sunday at the Eldoret Sports Club, as upcoming ...
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IAAF says Nairobi attack won’t deter WU20 preps
By Gilbert Kiprotich,
1722, January 19, 2019 (EAT)
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has said the terror attack that occurred in a Nairobi hotel in Tuesday will not deter Ke...
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Promising Zakayo highlights 2019 targets, aims at improved performance
By Philip Muchiri,
1618, January 13, 2019 (EAT)
The 2018 Safaricom Sports Personality of the Year most promising athlete Edward Zakayo believes he will build on the successes he realized last year t...
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Balancing between books and track: prodigy Zakayo speaks on challenges
By Gilbert Kiprotich,
2053, January 5, 2019 (EAT)
For World U-20 5,000m champion Edward Pingua Zakayo, 2018 was definitely a good year; bedecked by bountiful harvest. Firstly; the Kenyan prodigy sh...
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Year in Review: How Kenya ruled the World U-20 Championship in Finland
By Gilbert Kiprotich,
1637, January 2, 2019 (EAT)
Kenya ruled the world of athletics topping the medal standings at the IAAF World U20 Athletics Championships held in Tampere, Finland in 2018. The ...
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Year in Review: Barrier breaker Chespol
By World Athletics,
1909, December 24, 2018 (EAT)
Celliphine Chespol made a splash – both figuratively and literally – when she made her international debut in 2015. Little was known of the Ken...
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