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Kenya’s Samuel Kalalei gives himself early Birthday present while Bedatu Hirpa Badane of Ethiopia takes the top women’s honours at the 35th Athens Marathon.
Continue readingKenyans 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.
Continue readingDistance running legend Kenenisa Bekele and Kenyan long distance star Florence Kiplagat have been signed up to compete in the Tata Steel Kolkata 25K on Sunday 17 December.
Continue readingKenyans 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.
Continue readingWorld Youth High Jump champion, Breyton Poole, delivered another fine performance in Cape Town, equalling the national record in his age group, on Saturday.
Continue readingElroy Gelant and Kesa Molotsane were the star performers in Mbombela, earning the national men’s and women’s titles respectively, at the 2017 ASA 10km Championships on Saturday.
Continue readingThe 13th Airtel Delhi Half Marathon could be the most spectacular yet in the Indian city with race promoters Procam International having signed up 2017 world champions Geoffrey Kirui and Almaz Ayana for the race on 19 November.
Continue readingEthiopia’s Shura Kitata Tola and Kenya’s Vivian Cheruiyot swept the top prizes at the 36th edition of the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon on Sunday.
Continue readingKenya’s reigning Olympic 5000m Champion, Vivian Cheruiyot, is ready to run fast in Sunday’s Mainova Frankfurt Marathon in the German city.
Continue readingThe ASA Senior Championships, traditionally held in April, has been brought forward to 15-17 March in Tshwane for the 2018 edition because of the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia in April.
Continue readingKenya’s Joyciline Jepkosgei took one second off her own world record to win the 2017 Valencia Trinidad Alfonso Half Marathon in 1:04:51 on Sunday.
Continue readingNatalie le Roux and 93-year-old Cecily Rootenberg broke new grounds with national and world records, respectively, at the 2017 ASA National 50km and Interprovincial Race Walking Championships at Pacaltsdop, George on Saturday 21 October.
Continue readingWorld Cross-Country legend Paul Tergat has been elected unopposed as the President of the Kenya’s National Olympic Committee (NOCK) to replace Kipchoge Keino, who left after 18 years at the helm.
Continue readingLebogang Shange smashed his South African record in the 10km Walk in 39:48 on Monday, at the Around Taihu Multi-day International Race Walking Competition in Wuxi, China.
Continue readingKenya’s Olympic marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge wins dramatic race at the 2017 BMW BERLIN-MARATHON in a world leading time of 2:03:32 after coming from behind on Sunday.
Continue readingOlympic Champion Vivian Cheruiyot of Kenya, winner of the 5,000m gold in Rio 2016, will run the second marathon of her road running career in Frankfurt on October 29, 2017.
Continue readingThe refugee team of five athletes from Africa taking part in Ashgabat 2017 has been named and will compete in the Indoor Athletics track events.
Continue readingEthiopian-born Fate Tola returns to the Mainova Frankfurt Marathon on October 29 to improve her 2016 second place finish, but will have her former Ethiopian compatriot Abebech Afework and American Sara Hall to contend with.
Continue readingKenya’s Joyciline Jepkosgei becomes the first woman to smash through the 30-minute barrier to break the world 10km record in 29:43 at the 2017 Birell Prague Grand Prix.
Continue readingKenyan duo of Eliud Kipchoge and Wilson Kipsang to take on Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele at the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON, an Abbott World Marathon Majors (AWMM) event and an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, on September 24
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