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Latest stories from Kenya – news and information from the Athletics Kenya running and cross-country competitions in Kasarani and Nairobi.
Robert Chemosin won the Vienna City Marathon, clocking a fine 2:09:48 in very windy conditions while Shuko Genemo ran 2:24:31 to take the women’s title on Sunday.
Continue readingKenyan Richard Mengich returns with biggest career win in Berlin, clocking a personal best of 59:58 to take the 2016 Berlin Half Marathon on Sunday 3 April.
Continue readingKenya’s Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor won the men’s race at the IAAF/Cardiff University World Half Marathon Championships in Cardiff, Wales on Saturday March 26.
Continue readingKenya’s Peres Jepchirchir took the gold medal in the women’s race at the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships – Cardiff 2016 in Cardiff, Wales on Saturday March 26, 2016.
Continue readingKenya’s Solomon Kirwa Yego clocked a world-leading time of 58:44, and Ethiopia’s Worknesh Degefa ran 1:07:08 to win at the 42nd Roma-Ostia Half Marathon on Sunday.
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Kenyan athletes won every available title at the 4th edition of the African Cross Country Championship in Yaoundé, Cameroon on Saturday 12 March, 2016.
Continue readingKenyan reigning Olympic champion, David Rudisha, began the 2016 Olympic year with a win in the men’s 800m at the IAAF World Challenge meeting in Melbourne on Saturday.
Continue readingKenya’s Levy Matebo Omari will take his bow at the 2016 Vienna City Marathon on 10 April and will be the fastest man in the field at the IAAF Gold Label Road Race.
Continue readingKenyans Eliud Kipchoge and Mary Keitany, the world’s best Male and Female marathoners for 2015, earned $1 Million total prize purse for winning the Abbott World Marathon Major Series IX.
Continue readingEast Africans dominate the maiden edition of the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon with Kenyan Abraham Kiptum and Ethiopian Halima Hussen taking top honours in Lagos.
Continue readingKenyan former World marathon record-holder Wilson Kipsang will clash with his African compatriots at the 2016 Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) Half Marathon in the United Arab Emirates on February 12.
Continue readingIAAF Ethics Commission provisionally suspends Isaiah Kiplagat, David Okeyo and Joseph Kinyua from any IAAF or Athletics Kenya position “in the interests of the integrity of the sport”
Continue readingEthiopia’s Birhanu Legese and Kenya’s Cynthia Limo came out on top after thrilling battles over the last kilometre for both the men’s and women’s titles at the 2015 Airtel Delhi Half Marathon on Sunday.
Continue readingKenyan steeplechaser Ezekiel Kemboi is one of the six new members of the IAAF Athletes’ Commission appointed by the IAAF Council on Thursday November 26.
Continue readingAthletes under the aegis of Professional Athletes’ Association of Kenya (PAAK) protested at AK office, demand Isaiah Kiplagat and David Okeyo step aside for full investigations into corruption allegations against them.
Continue readingWorld record holders Zersenay Tadese (Eritrea) and Florence Kiplagat (Kenya) head the elite entry list for the 2015 Airtel Delhi Half Marathon on Sunday 29 November.
Continue readingAthletics Kenya vice president and IAAF Council member David Okeyo has reiterated that the Nike sponsorship deal was above board and executed with integrity.
Continue readingAthletics Kenya (AK) have denied doping cover-ups and bribery claims made by Coach Paul Kibet Simbolei – the alleged whistleblower who accused senior officials of receiving money from athletes in exchange for lenient doping bans.
Continue readingA Kenyan double as Eliud Kipchoge runs world leading time of 2:04:00 while Gladys Cherono breaks the 2:20 barrier with 2:19:25 at the 42nd edition of the BMW Berlin-Marathon on Sunday.
Continue readingThe Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) President, Hamad Kalkaba Malboum, has said that Kenya’s recent table-topping performance at the IAAF World Championship is a victory for the whole of the African continent.
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