Kenya

Kenya's Geoffrey Kamworor winning the TCS World 10K Bengaluru 2018 Photo credit: Procam International

Kenyan double as Kamworor and Tirop win TCS World 10K Bengaluru 2018

May 27, 2018

By

A Kenyan double as the reigning World Half Marathon champion Geoffrey Kamworor and Agnes Tirop win both titles at the TCS World 10K in Bengaluru, India, on Sunday.

23 Views

Kenya

Kamulu, Kipkirui, Teferi and Tirop to challenge Gudeta in Bengaluru

May 21, 2018

By

ATAF Editors

A strong women’s field, with elite runners from across the globe, has been assembled to challenge Ethiopia’s IAAF World Half Marathon Valencia 2018 winner Netsanet Gudeta at the TCS World 10K Bengaluru 2018 on Sunday 27 May.

19 Views

Alex Korio winning the TCS World 10K Bengaluru 2017 Photo credit: Procam International

Kenya

Kenya’s Alex Korio to defend his TCS World 10K title

May 14, 2018

By

ATAF Editors

Kenya’s Alex Korio, the defending TCS World 10K champion, will return to Bengaluru and take on his compatriot and IAAF World Half Marathon Championships Valencia 2018 winner Geoffrey Kamworor at this year’s race on Sunday 27 May.

20 Views

Kenya

Keitany and Kipchoge seal Abbott World Marathon Majors titles

April 23, 2018

By

ATAF Editors

Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge and Mary Keitany were crowned Abbott World Marathon Majors Series XI champions following the conclusion of the Virgin Money London Marathon on Sunday

37 Views

Kenya

London Marathon: ‘This treble tops everything’ – Eliud Kipchoge

April 23, 2018

By

ATAF Editors

Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge described his third Virgin Money London Marathon victory on Sunday as the greatest achievement of his glittering career as he looked back on a day when he was crowned king of the roads and sealed a third Abbott World Marathon Majors title

38 Views

Kenya

Keitany’s gutsy gamble hands Cheruiyot a famous win

April 23, 2018

By

ATAF Editors

Kenya’s Vivian Cheruiyot ran a perfectly judged race to take elite women’s race title at the 38th Virgin Money London Marathon, becoming the fourth fastest woman of all time over the gruelling marathon distance.

54 Views

Kenya

Obiri and Manangoi crown Kenyan dominance on final day at Gold Coast 2018

April 15, 2018

By

IAAF

IAAF World champions Hellen Onsando Obiri and Elijah Manangoi led Kenyan 1-2 finishes in their respective events on the last day of track and field competition at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast on Saturday

30 Views

Kenya

Kenya maintains African cross country dominance in Chlef

March 27, 2018

By

ATAF Editors

Kenya’s 18-year-old running phenomenon Celliphine Chespol won the African Cross Country Championship senior women’s title in the Algerian city of Chlef despite thinking she had finished with a lap still to go and then falling on the final circuit.

54 Views

Kenya

World record-holder Dennis Kimetto to run Vienna Marathon

March 27, 2018

By

Motunde Smith

Kenya’s Dennis Kimetto, the world record-holder for the men’s marathon, will run his next race in Vienna, the Austrian capital, on Sunday 22 April, 2018.

69 Views

Fate Tola winning the 2017 Hannover Marathon / Photo credit: www.photorun

Kenya

Gilbert Kirwa and defending champion Fate Tola will run Hannover in April

March 26, 2018

By

Yomog Meje

Kenya’s Gilbert Kirwa and and Germany’s defending champion Fate Tola (formerly Ethiopian) will compete at the 2018 HAJ Hannover Marathon on Sunday 8 April.

54 Views

Ethiopia’s Netsanet Gudeta Kebede winning the women’s race at the IAAF World Half Marathon Valencia 2018 / Photo credit: Jean Pierre Durand for the IAAF.

Kenya

Gudeta breaks Women’s Only World Record, Kamworor retains title in Valencia

March 24, 2018

By

Yomi Omogbeja

Ethiopia’s Netsanet Gudeta Kebede smashes the women’s-only race world record in the half marathon today, clocking 1:06:11 at the IAAF/Trinidad Alfonso World Half Marathon Championships Valencia 2018.

76 Views

Nancy Kiprop winning the Vienna City Marathon 2017. / Photo credit: photorun.net

Kenya

Nancy Kiprop heads strong women’s field for Vienna City Marathon 2018

March 22, 2018

By

Yomog Meje

Defending champion Nancy Kiprop, from Kenya, returns to the Vienna City Marathon on 22 April, 2018 in one of the strongest women’s fields ever assembled for Austria’s number one road running event.

58 Views

Kenya

Obiri leads Team Kenya to Birmingham 2018 – IAAF World Indoors

February 19, 2018

By

Yomog Meje

The 2012 World Indoor 3000m champion, Hellen Onsando Obiri, will lead a seven-member Kenyan team to the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships from 1-4 March in Birmingham, UK.

98 Views

Kenya

Kenya selects strong squad for Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games

February 19, 2018

By

Yomog Meje

Athletics Kenya (AK) has selected a strong team with a good blend of youth and experience for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games after the Kenyan trials held at the Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani on Saturday.

145 Views

Hellen Obiri at the London Diamond League / Photo IDL/Errol Anderson

Kenya

Obiri shines at 2018 Czech Indoor Gala in Ostrava

January 26, 2018

By

Yomog Meje

Kenya’s Hellen Onsando Obiri, the world 5000m champion, was the highlight performer at the 2018 Czech Indoor Gala in Ostrava on Thursday.

92 Views

Mary Keitany crosses the finish line in Olomouc / Photo credit: Mattoni Olomouc Half Marathon

Kenya

Keitany targets Radcliffe’s World record at 2018 London Marathon

January 26, 2018

By

ATAF Editors

Kenya’s Mary Keitany will make an attempt to break Paula Radcliffe’s world record at the 2018 Virgin Money London Marathon on Sunday 22 April.

100 Views

Kenya

Kigen eyes Napoli Half Marathon 2018 crown

January 26, 2018

By

Xinhua News Agency

Kenya’s Nobert Kigen faces a litmus test to stamp his authority on other top runners in the field at the 2018 Napoli City Half Marathon in Naples on February 4.

101 Views

Mary Keitany with her family during the gala in Athens (photo credit: SEGAS-AMA)

Kenya

Kipchoge and Keitany voted AIMS Marathon Runners of 2017

November 10, 2017

By

ATAF Editors

Kenyans Eliud Kipchoge and Mary Keitany are officially the top marathon runners of 2017 after the duo were announced as the winners of the AIMS Best Marathon Runner (BMR) Awards at the Gala in Athens on Friday.

68 Views

Eliud Kipchoge with the BMR 2015 trophy / Photo credit: SEGAS-AMA

Kenya

Kipchoge in contention for hat trick of Best Marathon Runner titles

November 7, 2017

By

Yomog Meje

Kenyans Eliud Kipchoge and Geoffrey Kirui are candidates for the 2017 Men’s BMR Awards, Mary Keitany of Kenya and Rose Chelimo of Bahrain are contenders for the Women’s award.

94 Views