Negasa, Kiptanui, and Masai look for new momentum in Frankfurt
Among the runners targeting fast times are Kenya’s Eric Kiptanui, Ethiopia’s Herpasa Negasa, and Kenya’s 2009 World 10,000m Champion Linet Masai.
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Among the runners targeting fast times are Kenya’s Eric Kiptanui, Ethiopia’s Herpasa Negasa, and Kenya’s 2009 World 10,000m Champion Linet Masai.
A record number of 1700 athletes from more than 130 teams are preparing to compete at the World Athletics U20 Championships Lima 24.
Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen broke Kenya’s Daniel Komen’s 28-year-old men’s 3000m world record of 7:20.67 in Silesia, Poland on Sunday.
Kenya’s Julius Yego, the 2015 world Javelin champion and 2016 Olympics silver medalist, reached the javelin final at the ongoing Olympic Games in Paris with an 85.97 metres throw on his third attempt.
Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei smashes the Olympic 10,000m record to win the first track and field final of the Paris 2024 Games.
World Athletics Council approves the timetable and qualification system for the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 and the World Athletics Indoor Championships Nanjing 25.
Nigerian champion Favour Ofili says Team Nigeria officials failed to register her for the women’s 100m event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
World records set in the first half of 2024 by Faith Kipyegon, Beatrice Chebet, Agnes Jebet Ngetich, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Mondo Duplantis, Mykolas Alekna have now been ratified by World Athletics.
Kenyan Timothy Cheruiyot and Norwegian Jakob Ingebrigtsen to contest the men’s 1500m at the 49th Athletissima: The 2024 edition of the Wanda Diamond League meeting in Lausanne on 22 August.
Kenya will be represented by a strong team of 45 athletes at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games from 1-11 August.
The first competitors in three events at the Weltklasse Zürich 2024 – 110m hurdles, shot put men, and high jump women – have been confirmed.
Athletes will compete for gold, silver and bronze medals in 45 events between 27-31 August, when Lima will become the first city in Peru to host a World Athletics Series event.
Algeria’s Djamel Sedjati cements No.3 on the men’s 800m list with 1:41.46 on a great night for African Athletes at the 2024 Herculis EBS Wanda Diamond League meeting in Monaco.
Entry lists published for Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Athletics will take place between 1-11 August in the French capital.
Commonwealth Games champions Tobi Amusan and Ese Brume are among the 35 athletes named on the Nigerian team for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games from 1-11 August.
Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon shatters her own women’s 1500m world record of 3:49.11, racing to an incredible 3:49.04 finish at the 2024 Paris Diamond League.
South Africa’s Jacques Freitag, who won the world high jump title in 2003, has died of multiple gunshot wounds at the age of 42.
The Lausanne-based Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) dismissed the appeal for sanction sought by World Athletics and WADA against Nigerian athlete Tobiloba Amusan.
Team South Africa dominated the medals table at the 23rd CAA African Athletics Senior Championships in Douala, Cameroon.
Fantaye Belayneh led an Ethiopian 1-2 in women’s 5000m just like Nibret Melak in the men’s 10,000m earlier on Saturday, while Hugues Fabrice Zango and Mostafa Elgamel claimed victories for the third time as the 23rd CAA African Athletics Senior Championships ends in Douala, Cameroon.
Nigeria dominated the podium with a clean sweep of the women’s discus throw final at the 23rd CAA African Athletics Senior Championships, Douala 24.
Accra, Ghana has been selected as host of the 24th African Athletics Senior Championships in 2026.
The Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) selects Madagascar to host the CAA African Athletics U18/U20 Championships in 2025.
World Athletics President Sebastian Coe express delight at the quality of proposals by countries bidding to host the upcoming African Athletics Championships in 2025 and 2026.
Glenrose Xaba stole the show as the ASA Senior Track and Field, Combined Events and Relays Championships opened in explosive fashion at the Msunduzi Athletics Stadium in Pietermaritzburg.
World Athletics set to become the first international federation to award prize money at an Olympic Games, starting at this summer’s Olympic Games in Paris.
Kenya’s pre-race favourite Daniel Ebenyo and Ethiopia’s youngster Tekle Muluat emerge victorious at the 43rd edition of the GENERALI BERLIN HALF MARATHON.
Kenya’s silver medallist from 2023 World Half Marathon Championships, Daniel Ebenyo, is regarded as the favourite at the 2024 Generali Berlin Half Marathon.
Burundi’s Rodrigue Kwizera and Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet led the 2023-2024 World Athletics Cross Country Tour honours list.
World record-holder Tobi Amusan from Nigeria wins her third consecutive 100m hurdles title at the African Games in Accra 2023
Kenya’s world 3000m steeplechase record-holder Beatrice Chepkoech demonstrated her dominance in her specialty event to win the gold at the African Games Accra 2023.
Chidi Okezie shocked the field, including African champion Muzala Samukonga, to win the men’s 400m title in 45.06 at the African Games Accra 2023.
Multiple national bests were shattered in the U16 age group, as the ASA U16, U18, U20 and U23 Championships opened at Pilditch Stadium in Tshwane.
Nigerian quartet of Emmanuel Ojeli, Patience Okon-George, Sikiru Adeyemi and Omolara Ogunmakinju storm to an African record of 3:13.26 in Accra.
Emmanuel Alobwede Eseme (Cameroon) and Gina Bass-Bittaye (Gambia) win the African Games Accra 2023 100m dash titles.
Weldu and Tesfu, who are by some distance the fastest Eritrean women marathon runners in history, may be challenged by Kenyans Shyline Toroitich and Rebecca Tanui
All eyes will be on junior star Viwe Jingqi in the women’s 200m after recovering from injury niggles that hampered her 2023 season.
Degitu Azimeraw and Tadesse Abraham emerged victorious at the Zurich Marató Barcelona – a World Athletics Gold Label road race.
The World Athletics Council has selected Beijing, China, to host the 2027 World Athletics Championships.
World Champion Hugues Fabrice Zango soars to a triple jump win and a last-gasp 400m defeat for Karsten Warholm at the hands of Belgium’s Alexander Doom ends Day 2 in Glasgow.
The agreement, which spans from 2024 to 2025, will cover the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25.
Ryan Crouser was one of four winners on Day 1 – Christian Coleman winning a 60m battle, Nicola Olyslagers prevailing in the high jump and Noor Vidts retaining the pentathlon title.
David Rudisha is familiar with the city of Glasgow as he competed, and earned a silver medal, there at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Marathon world record holder Kelvin Kiptum and coach, Gervais Hakizimana, tragically killed in Kenyan road accident on Sunday.
Taking place from 1-3 March, the World Athletics Indoor Championships will feature more than 700 athletes as they compete across 26 events.
Agnes Ngetich from Kenya broke the women’s world record for the 10km distance, achieving a time of 28:46 at the 10K Valencia Ibercaja event held on Sunday.
Tigist Ketema breaks debut world record while a former javelin
thrower Addisu Gobena takes the men’s title at the 2024 Dubai Marathon.
Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet breaks the women’s world 5km record with 14:13 at the Cursa dels Nassos road race in Barcelona.
Reigning Dubai Marathon champion Dera Dida of Ethiopia will lead the women’s elite field when she returns for her title defence in Dubai in January.
Athletes will compete for points in their chosen discipline at the 14 series meetings between April and September.
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