On athlete, Hellen Obiri, smashed her personal best in a hard-fought second-place finish at the TCS London Marathon, with a time of 2:15:53, reinforcing her status as one of today’s elite performers on the world stage.
Ethiopia’s Tigst Assefa delivered a dominant performance at the 2026 TCS London Marathon, successfully defending her title and setting a new women-only world record of 2:15:41.
Kenya’s John Korir runs the second-fastest winning time in race history (2:04:45), whilst Sharon Lokedi shatters the course record in 2:17:22 to win the 129 Boston Marathon on Monday 21 April, 2025.
Double Olympic champion Beatrice Chebet leads the Athletics nominations at the 2025 Kenyan Sports Awards Gala.
Three days after her 25th birthday Betty Chepkemoi celebrated her first major triumph in road running and her biggest career win at the Vienna City Marathon.
Somalia-born Abdi Nageeye becomes first athlete from the Netherlands to win the TCS New York City Marathon while Kenya’s Sheila Chepkirui captures her first-ever Abbott World Marathon Majors title on Sunday.
Ethiopian Letesenbet Gidey held off Kenyan duo of Hellen Obiri and Margaret Chelimo Kipkemboi to win the gold medal in the women’s 10,000m at the World Athletics Championships, Oregon22.
When five of the world leading distance runners gathered ahead of TCS World 10K Bengaluru 2022 on Sunday, one common question for them was: “How fast do you think you will run on Sunday?”
World champions Muktar Edris (Ethiopia) and Hellen Obiri (Kenya) head to Bengaluru for the 2022 TCS World 10K race on Sunday 15 May.
Kenya’s Hellen Obiri successfully defended her 5000m title in Doha, setting the pace for much of the race, then pouring on the pressure on the last lap to win comfortably in a championship record of 14:26.72.
A blend of experienced and promising individuals will be flying the Kenyan flag in pursuit of medals at the 21st edition of Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) Africa Senior Championships in Asaba, Nigeria from 1-5 August, 2018.
The 21st African Senior Athletics Championships – Asaba 2018 – will be attracting the continent’s big names to Asaba, Delta State and one of those expected to light up the oil-rich City is World 5,000m champion, Hellen Onsando Obiri from Kenya.
IAAF World champions Hellen Onsando Obiri and Elijah Manangoi led Kenyan 1-2 finishes in their respective events on the last day of track and field competition at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast on Saturday
Ethiopia’s Genzebe Dibaba stormed to her fourth successive world indoor title, and third successive in the women’s 3000m at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Birmingham last night.
The 2012 World Indoor 3000m champion, Hellen Onsando Obiri, will lead a seven-member Kenyan team to the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships from 1-4 March in Birmingham, UK.
Athletics Kenya (AK) has selected a strong team with a good blend of youth and experience for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games after the Kenyan trials held at the Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani on Saturday.
Kenya’s Hellen Onsando Obiri, the world 5000m champion, was the highlight performer at the 2018 Czech Indoor Gala in Ostrava on Thursday.
Kenyan Hellen Onsando Obiri produced an astonishing last lap to claim her first ever major world outdoor title in the women 5000m at the IAAF World Championships in London on Sunday.
Helen Onsando Obiri is one of the three Kenyan athletes in the 5000m final on the final day of the 2017 IAAF World Championships in Athletics in London.
Kenya’s Hellen Obiri won the Women’s 1 Mile race at the 2017 Müller Anniversary Games leg of the IAAF Diamond League in London on Sunday, breaking her national record and setting a new meeting record of 4:16.56.
Cote d’Ivoire’s Murielle Ahoure tops 100m field, Kenyans Hellen Obiri and Kipyegon Bett record victories at the 2016 IAAF World Challenge meeting in Beijing’s national stadium on Wednesday.
Watch the video interview with Hellen Onsando Obiri from Kenya – Team Africa’s representative to the 2014 IAAF Continental Cup in Marrakech, Morocco.
World indoor champion Ayanleh Souleiman sets a new Djibouti mile record with a world leading time of 3:47.32 at the 40th Prefontaine Classic – IAAF Diamond League meeting in Eugene, Oregon on Saturday.
Post Race video interview with the World record-breaking Kenyan women’s 15 Laps race winners at the 2014 IAAF World Relays in Nassau, The Bahamas. Duration of Video: 1:50 mins.
Photo Gallery – A cross-section of African athletes competing at the inaugural IAAF World Relays in Nassau, The Bahamas – May 24-25, 2014
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.
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.
Ethiopian Genzebe Dibaba crowned a spectacular winter season with victory in the women’s 3000m clocking 8:55.04 ahead of Kenyan Hellen Onsando Obiri at the World Indoors Championships in Sopot, Poland on Sunday.
Ethiopia’s Genzebe Dibaba broke the world indoor 3000m record with a stunning 8:16.60 run at the Stockholm’s XL Galan, an IAAF Indoor Permit meeting in Sweden on Thursday. Coming only…
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