Athletics

Chepkoech was Kenya’s representative in the race after Celliphine Chespol suffered an injury.

The 37-year-old athlete was given a one-year reduction for her early admission and acceptance of sanction.

The 18-year-old dominated the race from start to finish.

Faith Kipyegon Chepngetich, the newly crowned 1,500m world champion has an elder sister called Beatrice Mutai who is also an elite athlete.

Omanyala’s victory completely changed the mood at Team Kenya village

According to a study done by Aki Salo and Polly McGuigan of University of Bath, it would be hard to break Bolt’s current 100m world record.

On Saturday, July 13, 1986, Kenya became the fourth African nation to withdraw from the Commonwealth Games.

Ermias Girma of Ethiopia took silver in 3:37.24 ahead of Kenya’s Daniel Kimaiyo who clocked 3:37.42 to settle for Bronze.

Initially, it looked like Cheptai would win the gold medal since she opened a few meters gap in the final lap.

Omanyala expressed gratitude after the win, which has been long overdue owing to his stellar performance in previous competitions.

It was disappointing to the Kenyan athlete who had hoped to add on a Commonwealth medal on top of his World Championship title. 

The past two champions hail from Kapchorwa training camp, the home of Uganda’s long distance runners. 

Samwel Imeta hit the headlines after joining Omanyala by advancing to the 100m men's semifinals at the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games. 

Kenya’s Nancy Cherop was outpaced by Abebe in the final stages of the race despite giving a spirited fight. She settled for bronze in 9:05.98.

Many brilliant Kenyan athletes have changed their nationalities in recent years to other countries, particularly Arabian ones, something that has angered many athletic fans.

Kipyegon disclosed that the first few months after giving birth to Alyn were not  easy because her body underwent a lot of changes. 

Several world records have been broken at the Stade Louis II track in the past five years.

Pamela is the younger sister to the reigning marathon world record holder and the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games gold medalist Brigid Kosgei.

The four-time world champion urged Uasin Gishu County residents to come out in large numbers on August 9 and elect the former prime minister.

The Americas 0-1A visa allows people with extraordinary abilities in education, sciences, business and Athletics to gain entry into the United States.