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Top Stories and all the latest athletics news and information from the sub-continents and regions of Africa.
Kenya’s Ruth Chepngetich clocked an impressive 2:32:43 in sweltering heat to win the first World Athletics Championships Women’s Marathon Final at Doha 2019.
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Distance running great Kenenisa Bekele will lead the Ethiopian charge for world class times at the 46th edition of the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON on Sunday September 29, 2019.
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IAAF President Sebastian Coe was elected for a second term at the 52nd IAAF Congress in Doha on Wednesday, while Ximena Restrepo, Sergey Bubka, Geoffrey Gardner and Nawaf Bin Mohammed Al Saud were elected Vice Presidents.
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Kenya’s Geoffrey Kamworor took 17 seconds off the world record at the Copenhagen Half Marathon on Sunday, winning the IAAF Gold Label road race in 58:01.
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South Africa’s Precious Mashele defended his title in 28:36 to win the 2019 10km Peace Run at the 2019 Sanlam Cape Town Marathon.
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Kenya’s Brigid Kosgei ran the fastest half-marathon ever by a woman on Sunday, winning the Great North Run in Newcastle, UK in a time of 1:04:28.
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Medals revealed ahead of IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019 as the Middle East prepares to host the third largest competition for the first time.
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The IAAF Council approved the global governing body’s new name and logo at the 217th IAAF Council Meeting which concluded in Monaco on June 8.
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Kenya’s Agnes Tirop defends her women’s title, crossing the finish line in 31:19, at the TCS World 10K Bengaluru 2019 on Sunday May 19.
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Ethiopia’s Andamlak Belihu Berta beats a world-class field to win the men’s race, in 27:56, at the TCS World 10K Bengaluru 2019 on Sunday May 19.
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Deme Tadu Abate and Dibabe Kuma celebrated success in duplicate for Ethiopia at the Haspa Marathon Hamburg on Sunday.
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Kenyan Nancy Kiprop smashes the course record in 2:22:12, becoming the first woman to win three VCM titles, while compatriot Vincent Kipchumba takes men’s title a personal best of 2:06:56 at the 36th Vienna City Marathon.
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Ethiopia’s Yomif Kejelcha smashed the world indoor record for the mile, clocking 3:47.01 at the Bruce Lehane Invitational in Boston, Massachusetts, on Sunday.
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Ethiopia’s Samuel Tefera upstaged compatriot Yomif Kejelcha to break the long-standing world indoor 1500m record at the IAAF World Indoor Tour meeting in Birmingham on Saturday.
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Kenya’s Cosmas Lagat and Ethiopia’s Worknesh Alemu upset the odds and take the honours at the Tata Mumbai Marathon 2019
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Kenya’s Abraham Kiptum broke the men?s world record at the IAAF Gold Label road race, clocking 58:18 to take five seconds off the mark set by Eritrea’s Zersenay Tadese in 2010.
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Debutante Tsehay Gemechu breaks Airtel Delhi Half Marathon women’s course record with 1:06:50, as Andamlak Belihu and Amdework Walelegn go 1-2 for Ethiopia in the men’s race.
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Dakar, the capital city of Senegal has been selected by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as the host for the 2022 Youth Summer Olympic Games – the first IOC event to be held in Africa.
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Japan will now host two of the biggest events on the athletics calendar in successive years after the IAAF Council voted this week to award the 2019 IAAF World Relays to Yokohama.
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Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge, from Kenya, broke the world record at the 2018 BMW Berlin Marathon on Sunday , winning the IAAF Gold Label road race in 2:01:39.
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