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

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...

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

AK calls on government to sustain its ambitious youth camp programme

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Athletics Kenya (AK) has urged the government to sustain the youth camp programme beyond the 2020 World Under-20 Championships. Ahead of next year�...

Athletics Kenya , government , World Under-20 Championships , youth camps

Junior athletes heighten preps ahead of World Under-20

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

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...

Athletics Kenya , World Under-20 Championship

Keringet camp dreaming of World Under-20 success

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

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...

IAAF World Under-20 Championships , Nairobi World Under-20 Championships

Kenya’s Chakava among top women to watch in 2020: Forbes

By Duncan Mutwiri,

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...

2X Invest2Impact , 2X Invest2Impact challenge , andia chakava , invest2impact

Road to Doha: In Manangoi’s absence, who will reign supreme in 1,500m?

By World Athletics,

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 �...

1 , 500M , Cheruiyot , Doha , Jakob , Manangoi , Supreme

Ndingiti: Walk Racing has changed everything for me

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

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...

Dominic Ndingiti. , Dominic Samson Ndingiti

Coach Kirwa, AK to hold crunch talk with athletes amidst decline in 5,000m

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

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...

5000m , Athletics Kenya , coach Julius Kirwa

Standoff as DCI impounds goods released by court

By Raquel Muigai,

Trouble is brewing between a Nyahururu-based magistrate and the Directorate of Criminal Investigations over a consignment of alleged contraband food p...

DCI , Nyahururu Court

How Kenya shone at Youth Athletics Championship in Abidjan

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Kenyan athletes dominated the proceedings at the just concluded Africa Youth Athletics Championships which came to a close Saturday in Abidjan, Ivory ...

45 medals , Abidjan , Africa Youth Athletics Championships , Ivory Coast , Kenyan Athletes

The 2019 World XC Championships: What you need to know

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

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...

Aarhus , Denmark , Geoffrey Kamworor , IAAF World Cross Country Championships

IAAF, spare our talented youth the bad omen

By Citizen Team,

This week’s decision by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) in their Council meeting in Qatar regarding the 2020 Diamond L...

Diamond League , IAAF

AK glee as sprinters turn up in record numbers at weekend meet

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

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...

Atheltics Kenya , Nairobi West Prisons grounds , Paul Mutwii , Relays , Sprinters

Itching Manangoi can’t wait to go as X-Country D-Day nears

By Philip Muchiri,

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...

Eldoret Sports Club , Elijah Manangoi , National Cross Country Championship , World Cross Country Championship

Big names parade for Cross Country race

By Philip Muchiri,

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 ...

28th edition , Discovery Cross Country , Eldoret Sports Club , Rhonex Kipruto

IAAF says Nairobi attack won’t deter WU20 preps

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has said the terror attack that occurred in a Nairobi hotel in Tuesday will not deter Ke...

IAAF , Nairobi WU20 Championships

Promising Zakayo highlights 2019 targets, aims at improved performance

By Philip Muchiri,

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...

Edward Zakayo , Promisingathlete , Safaricom Sports Personality , SOYA

Balancing between books and track: prodigy Zakayo speaks on challenges

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

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...

5000m , Edward Pingua Zakayo , IAAF World U-18 Championships , School , World championship