Kejelcha targets faster marathon times after breaking two-hour landmark in London
On his marathon debut, the gifted Ethiopian athlete ran 1:59:41 at the 2026 London Marathon – one of the most extraordinary debuts the marathon has ever seen.
On his marathon debut, the gifted Ethiopian athlete ran 1:59:41 at the 2026 London Marathon – one of the most extraordinary debuts the marathon has ever seen.
The visually impaired Ethiopian, who claimed 1,500m gold at the 2021 and 2024 Paralympics, won Austria’s most prestigious road race, breaking the course record by nearly a minute.
Ethiopians Haftamnesh Tesfaye and Tigist Gezahagn lead the women’s elite start list at the 2026 Vienna City Marathon on April 19 keen to produce some fast racing.
Competing on the same track as elite professional athletes from around the world, children will have an opportunity to display their talent in a range of sprint races from 60 metres to 100 metres for kids between the U7 and U15 age groups.
Geoffrey Kamworor returns to the Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon thirteen years after his first senior career victory, looking to continue the return to form that made him one of the world’s best distance runners pre-pandemic.
Buze Diriba not only won the race on Sunday but improved her personal best to 2:19:34, making her the fifth fastest woman in Frankfurt Marathon’s history.
On Sunday it was not rain but heat that stopped Sabastian Sawe’s record chase. While Makau ran a ‘Rain world record’ in Berlin in 2010, Sawe now achieved a ‘Warm weather world record’.
Olympians Farida Abaroge, Perina Lokure Nakang and Musa Suliman are among the six athletes named on the Athlete Refugee Team (ART) that will represent millions of refugees at the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25.
800m runners Veronica Vancardo (SUI) and Charne Swart Du Plessis (RSA) reunited at the Lohrheidestadion Thursday evening, two years after going viral for helping a distressed fellow athlete at the Chengdu FISU World University Games.
Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon will make one attempt to become the first woman to run a mile in under 4 minutes on June 26 at the Stade Charléty in Paris.
In a tale of shattered trust and stolen dreams, Gelete Burka finds her two-decade legacy whisked away by the very hands she once held dear—her husband’s.
Three days after her 25th birthday Betty Chepkemoi celebrated her first major triumph in road running and her biggest career win at the Vienna City Marathon.
World Athletics President Sebastian Coe says that cases of confirmed age cheating could lead to the stripping of medals and nullification of results.
Five-time World Cross-Country champion, Paul Tergat, calls on African Athletics officials to bolster the Continental Cross-Country Championships.
The women’s race promises to be the star of the 18th edition of the Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon on Saturday morning, with both race favourites, Ethiopians Germawit Gebrzhair and…
When it comes to athletics, the Tola-Dida family from Ethiopia could be considered royalty. They have a particular fondness for the Dubai marathon, which marks its 25th anniversary with this Sunday’s race.
Can Tigist Ketema become the latest Ethiopian woman to cause a sensation in Berlin? – 50th BMW BERLIN-MARATHON on Sunday 29 September, 2024.
After the cancellation of the 2020 CAA African Senior Athletics Championships at the Stade Olympique d’Oran in Algeria, the 22nd edition will now hold at Côte d’Or National Sports Complex, Mauritius in 2022.
Five years ago no one ever thought that Botswana’s athlete Baboloki Thebe will be a house hold name, but remained patient, humble and worked very hard in silence.
In a letter to all Members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the IOC Ethics Commission has communicated the indemnity policy for all IOC Members.
The men’s course record is not the only sign of upward trend in Athens as the organisers celebrate a successful culmination to the 32nd edition of the Authentic Marathon on Sunday, writes Andy Edwards.
Caleb Ndiku hosted to an ultimate homecoming welcome party on Wednesday by his people as he arrived at his home town in Machakos County, Kenya.
There’s little or no sympathy for convicted former Nigerian athlete Ambrose Monye among Nigerian residents in South Africa, AthleticsAfrica findings has revealed.
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