Athletics

She became the first person to win both the New York Marathon and Olympics gold medal in the same year. 

The Jamaican who ran with a time of 21.45 became the second fastest woman in history to run 200m.

As an athlete, you are solely responsible for whatever is in your body at all times.

The Kenyan - who was in group B of the qualifiers - finished eighth in his group and 14th overall.

Chepsol who was the only Kenyan athlete in the final noted that the coach of a Kenyan turned Kazakhstan athlete helped her. 

Yego who has struggled with fitness and injuries in the past few years will kick start his campaign on Friday, July 22.

Semenya, who was making her first appearance in five years, finished 13th in the first two rounds at Hayward Field, Eugene. 

The duo of Chelimo (10,000m bronze medalist) and Chebet received an automatic qualification from Heat One. 

Kenya now sits 4th in the world standings behind the United States, African rivals Ethiopia, and China with one gold, three silver and two bronze medals.

Both athletes promised to make amends in the upcoming Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, United Kingdom. 

Bahrain, Qatar, the United States and Turkey are some of the countries that have enticed most Kenya athletes to run for them. 

Kenyan-born Winfred Yamutile who is the race favorite will be representing Bahrain while Norah Jeruto will be turning up in Kazakhstan's colors

In the ongoing World Athletics Championships in Oregon Kenya has so far collected six medals (1gold, 3 silver and 2bronze). 

The former journalist poked fun at the critics who trolled her, with the official Athletics Kenya letter having some minor differences from hers.

The bronze medalist is expected to receive Ksh2.6 million ($22,000) as a reward from the World Athletics for finishing third. 

Other Kenyans who were in the race included Abraham Kibiwott and Leonard Bett who finished fifth and last respectively. 

Very few Kenyans knew who Stanley Waithaka Mburu was until his brilliant performance on Sunday July 17.

She won gold in London (2017), Silver in Beijing (2015) and Doha (2019).

Korir held on to Gotytom Gabreselase before the latter broke away with a few minutes remaining to win Ethiopia, Kenya's archrival, its third gold.

Obiri also disclosed that she will not defend her 5,000m world title on Saturday July 23.