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Latest stories from Kenya – news and information from the Athletics Kenya running and cross-country competitions in Kasarani and Nairobi.
Kenya’s Mercy Cherono set a new Diamond League record and world-lead time of 9:11.49 to win the women’s two miles at the Sainsbury’s Birmingham Grand Prix on Sunday.
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Kenyan Leonard Komon, the 10km and 15km world record-holder on the roads, will make his marathon debut at the 2014 De Lage Landen Marathon Eindhoven on October 12.
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Kenyan Geoffrey Mutai will take on newcomer and compatriot Geoffrey Ronoh at the Birell Prague Grand Prix, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, in Prague on September 6, 2014.
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Kenyans Joyce Chepkirui, Florence Kiplagat and Emily Chebet blew the field away for a clean sweep of the women’s 10,000m medals at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on Tuesday.
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Kenyan Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku won the men’s 5,000m gold and compatriot Flomena Cheyech Daniel took the women’s marathon gold on day 1 of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
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Kenyan Margaret Nyairera wins the women’s 800m in a personal best time of 2:00.49 at the 2014 IAAF World Junior Championships in Eugene – Oregon 2014.
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Alfred Kipketer restored Kenya’s dominance in the 800m with an impressive 1:43.95, the second-fastest time in the history of the IAAF World Junior Championships.
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David Rudisha lived up to his promise at the Sainsbury’s Glasgow Grand Prix on Saturday with a commanding 800m performance to equal the time his Kenyan compatriot Asbel Kiprop ran in Paris last week.
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Kenya’s quartet of Collins Cheboi, Silas Kiplagat, James Magut and Asbel Kiprop sets a new World record of 14:22.22 in the Men’s 4x1500m at IAAF World Relays in Nassau.
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Kenya wins the first gold medal at the inaugural IAAF World Relays in Nassau with an emphatic victory in the men’s 4x800m final, crossing the line in 7:08.40 and taking the US$50,000 first place prize money.
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Kenyan women’s 4x1500m quartet of Mercy Cherono, Faith Kipyegon, Irene Jelagat and Hellen Obiri smashed the 4x1500m World Record at the IAAF World Relays in Nassau, The Bahamas on Saturday.
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Kenyan Patrick Terer kept his promise on his return to the Volkswagen Prague Marathon, clocking a personal best time of 2:08:07 to win the men’s race in the Czech capital on Sunday.
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Hellen Onsando Obiri sets a new African and Kenyan record in the women’s 3000m at the 2014 IAAF Diamond League in Doha on Friday, leading a Kenyan sweep home in 8:20.68.
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Kenyan athletes – Asbel Kiprop, Eunice Sum, Ezekiel Kemboi and Mercy Cherono – look forward to a good season opening race at the IAAF Diamond League Doha 2014 meeting on Friday May 9.
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Defending champion Nicholas Kemboi and course record-holder Eliud Kiptanui are among a contingent of strong rivals for Moses Mosop when he runs the Volkswagen Prague Marathon on May 11
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Kenyans Abraham Cheroben and Janet Rono clocked world leading times to win the 34th edition of the BIG 25 Berlin inside the Berlin Olympic Stadium on Sunday.
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London Marathon champions, Wilson Kipsang and Edna Kiplagat, will headline the field at the 2014 Mattoni Olomouc Half Marathon in the city of Olomouc, Czech Republic on June 21.
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Athletics Kenya (AK) selects a team of 30 athletes for the second edition of the Africa Youth Games (AYG) to be held in Gaborone, Botswana from May 22-31, 2014.
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Kenya’s Rita Jeptoo successfully defended her Boston Marathon title on Monday with a course-record 2 hours, 18 minutes and 57 seconds.
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Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge won the 34th ABN AMRO Rotterdam Marathon on Sunday, but failed in his bid to break the course record on a windy day in the Dutch port city.
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