Record breaker Cheptegei eyes Olympic double

By Reuters,

Ugandan Joshua Cheptegei says he is targeting the 5,000m-10,000m double at the Tokyo Olympics after breaking the world records in both distances this ...

Joshua Cheptegei , Olympic double , Tokyo Games

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

Bett fired-up for Monaco challenge, targets new Personal Best

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

Chief Athletics Writer World Under-20 3,000m steeplechase silver medalist Leonard Bett is relishing the competitive field he will be facing Friday ni...

Diamond League , Leonard Bett , Lower Personal Best , Monaco , Stade Louis II

Cheruiyot targets third successive win in Lausanne

By Stephen Kiprop,

World silver medallist Timothy Cheruiyot heads to Lausanne on Friday off the back of convincing victories in Stockholm and Stanford. The 2018 Diamo...

Emmanuel Korir , Timothy Cheruiyot

Chepkoech dominates in Shanghai Diamond League

By Gilbert Kiprotich,

World 3,000m steeplechase record holder Beatrice Chepkoech raced to a comfortable win in the Shanghai Diamond League on Saturday clocking 9:04.33 to n...

Beatrice Chepkoech , Shanghai Diamond League

Chepkoech, Hassan headline Shanghai’s distance fields

By World Athletics,

Steeplechase world record-holder Beatrice Chepkoech, European 5000m champion Sifan Hassan and world indoor record-holder Yomif Kejelcha will all be in...

Beatrice Chepkoech , Celliphine Chespol , Hyvin Kiyeng , IAAF Diamond League , Sifan Hassan

Kejelcha, Saruni sparkle at Millrose Games

By Reuters,

Ethiopia’s Yomif Kejelcha fell one-hundredth of a second short of the world indoor mile record and Kenya’s Michael Saruni clocked the third fastes...

Michael Saruni , Millrose Games , NYRR Millrose Games , Yomif Kejelcha

Cheroben to defend Copenhagen Half title

By World Athletics,

Organisers of the Copenhagen Half Marathon have assembled one of the deepest half marathon fields in history for the IAAF Gold Label road race on 16 S...

Abraham Cheroben , Copenhagen Half Marathon , Joan Chelimo

Chepkoech claims two records, Manangoi crashes in Düsseldorf

By World Athletics,

Beatrice Chepkoech took an impressive victory at the Dusseldorf IAAF Indoor Tour PSD Bank Meeting to climb atop the women’s 1500m Tour leader board...

Beatrice Chepkoech , Dusseldorf IAAF Indoor Tour PSD Bank Meeting , Elijah Manangoi , IAAF Indoor Tour PSD Bank Meeting

Flashback2017: Kenya reigns supreme at Kampala World Cross

By Charity Wanja,

The year 2017 presented great success for local athletes as they preserved Kenya's global dominance in distance running. Kenyans again proved the o...

Geoffrey Kamworor , IAAF World Cross Country , Irene Cheptai , Kampala , uganda

Cheruiyot upstages Manangoi, Farah top in Zurich DL Final

By Charity Wanja,

World silver medallist Timothy Cheruiyot led an impressive Kenyan 1-2-3-4-5-6 finish to claim his maiden Diamond League title, upstaging his compatrio...

athletics , IAAF Diamond League , Switzerland , Timothy Cheruiyot , Zurich , Zurich Diamond League

Farah exits grand stage with a silver lining

By AFP,

British athletics legend Mo Farah narrowly failed to complete a fifth successive global double on Saturday when he finished second behind Ethiopian Mu...

athletics , IAAF World Athletics Championships , London 2017 , Mo Farah

Top Kenyans skip Lausanne Diamond League Leg

By Charity Wanja,

Top Kenya athletes have withdrawn from the  Lausanne Diamond League leg  as the IAAF World Championships draws closer on August 4-13th. However, Mos...

Rivalries electrify Paris Diamond League meeting

By Charity Wanja,

The IAAF Diamond League season resumed after a two-week break in Paris, France on Saturday, as Olympics and World Champions graced the meeting. Jo...

2015 IAAF World Championships , Alfred Kipketer , Beatrice Chepkoech , Faith Chepng’etich , Ferguson Rotich , Former world athletics (IAAF) president Lamine Diack , Hyvin Kiyeng , IAAF Diamond League , Paris Diamond League , Ronald Kwemoi

It’s under a month until IAAF WU18 action hits Nairobi

By World Athletics,

Today marks 29 days to go until the IAAF World U18 Championships Nairobi 2017, the 10th edition of the biennial event which this year takes place in t...

athletics , IAAF , IAAF World Championships , Nairobi WU18

Kwemoi leads Kenyan sweep, Kipyegon triumphs at Pre Classic

By Matthews Mutai,

Ronald Kwemoi led a Kenyan 1-2-3 in the Bowerman Mile in 3:49.04 – the fastest time in the world over the distance this year – as he continued his...

Asbel Kiprop , Elijah Manangoi , Eugene Diamond League , Faith Kipyegon , Prefontaine Classic , Ronald Kwemoi , Timothy Cheruiyot

Jebet, Kiyeng reunite as athletics stars converge in Doha

By Agencies,

Sixteen reigning Olympic and world champions will assemble in Doha on Friday (5) to help kick off the 2017 IAAF Diamond League series, which gets unde...

Asbel Kiprop , athletics , Caster Semenya , Elijah Manangoi , Emma Coburn , Francine Niyonsaba , Genzebe Dibaba , Hyvin Kiyeng , IAAF Diamond League , Margaret Nyairera , Ruth Jebet , Silas Kiplagat

A decade later, Kiprop relishes second World Cross gold

By Mutwiri Mutuota,

It was as if he had never left. Ten years after winning the junior title at the 2007 IAAF World Cross in Mombasa, Asbel Kiprop returned to Kampala, Ug...

Asbel Kiprop , athletics , IAAF World Cross Country Championships , Kampala World Cross

History as Kenya wins inaugural WXC Mixed Relay

By Matthews Mutai,

Kenya’s won the inaugural mixed relay to secure the nation’s first gold of the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Kampala, Uganda with an e...

Asbel Kiprop , athletics , Genzebe Dibaba , IAAF World Cross Country Championships , Kampala World Cross , Mixed relay

Kiprop leads Kenyan charge at WXC Mixed Relay

By Agencies,

Asbel Kiprop, a three-time world and 2008 Olympic champion over the distance who is hoping to collect another world cross gold when he leads the Kenya...

Asbel Kiprop , IAAF World Cross Country Championships , Kampala World Cross , Mixed relay , uganda