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School girl Akanbi shatters Nigerian 3000m record at ISF Gymnasiade Normandy 2022
Course records for Kipkorir Kimeli and Cheptai at TCS World 10K Bengaluru 2022
World leads for El Bakkali and Niyonsaba at windy Wanda Diamond League in Doha
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Nigeria
The 18-year-old school girl record run broke the 33-year-old national record of 9:41.28 in the event, which was set by Itsemhike Anwalimhobor on 22...
Kenya
Kenyans Nicholas Kipkorir Kimeli and Irene Cheptai ran course records of 27:38 and 30:35 respectively at the 14th Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) World 10K...
Morocco
World leading times for Olympic steeplechase champion Soufiane El Bakkali (Morocco) and Diamond League 5000m champion Francine Niyonsaba (Burundi) at the Ooredoo Doha Meeting,...
East Africa
Ugandan Victor Kiplangat takes debut win while Kenyan Sheila Jerotich comes from behind in stunning sister act at the 2021 N Kolay Istanbul Marathon.
Ethiopia
Ethiopian Dawit Seyaum, previously a 1500m specialist, steps up with world 5km record in Lille on Saturday.
Ethiopia
The world and Olympic 10,000m medallist also becomes just the second athlete in history to hold world records for 5000m, 10,000m and the half...
Senegal
First Dakar 2026 initiatives to get underway on the ground in 2022 in the spirit of “teranga”.
Ethiopia
Ethiopians Guye Adola scores unexpected triumph in Berlin, debutant Gotytom Gebreslase surprises to win women’s title.
Kenya
World record holder and seven-time World Marathon Majors winner Mary Keitany from Kenya retires from the sport.
Burundi
Burundi’s Francine Niyonsaba took more than two seconds off Genzebe Dibaba’s world 2000m record with a brilliant run of 5:21.56 at the Boris Hanzekovic...
Africa
Kenyan Leonard Langat wins the 2021 Vienna City Marathon with a time of 2:09:25 while debutant Kenyan Vibian Chepkirui ran 2:24:29 to take a...
Africa
Kenyan Agnes Tirop and Ethiopian Senbere Teferi created history at the adizero Road To Records event in Herzogenaurach, Germany.
Ethiopia
Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele makes his fourth appearance in Germany’s biggest and most spectacular marathon, while his compatriot Hiwot Gebrekidan will run in Berlin’s women’s...
Ethiopia
Yalemzerf Yehualaw becomes the first woman to break 64 minutes for the half marathon, running a remarkable 1:03:43 at the Antrim Coast Half Marathon.
Kenya
Kenyan Joyciline Jepkosgei breaks Sifan Hassan’s course record while Felix Kipkoech runs world lead at the 2021 GENERALI BERLIN HALF MARATHON.
Kenya
Kenyan marathon world record-holder Eliud Kipchoge becomes only the third man to successfully defend an Olympic marathon title on Sunday in Sapporo.
East Africa
Emmanuel Korir and Peruth Chemutai win first gold medals for Kenya and Uganda respectively on a great night for East Africa at the Tokyo...
Ethiopia
Ethiopian Selemon Barega takes a thrilling gold in the men's 10,000 metres final, the first gold medal in the athletics at Tokyo 2020 Olympics,...
Kenya
The Women-only world half marathon record of 1:05:16 set by Kenyan Peres Jepchirchir in Gdynia, Poland on 17 October 2020 has been ratified.
Ethiopia
Letesenbet Gidey improved Sifan Hassan's mark by five seconds to win the Ethiopian Trials in 29:01.03 on Tuesday.
Africa
African athletes Gudaf Tsegay, Beatrice Chepkoech and Kibiwott Kandie's respective marks over 1500m, 5km and the half-marathon have been ratified.
Ethiopia
World bronze medallist Gudaf Tsegay sets the track alight at the Meeting d'Athletisme Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais – a World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meeting.
Ethiopia
Ethiopian Lemlem Hailu's world U20 indoor 1500m record of 4:01.57, set at the World Athletics Indoor Tour meeting in Lievin on 19 February 2020,...