Athletics

World U20 800m champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi has been nominated for the 2021 Male Rising Star Award ahead of next month’s World Athletics Awards 2021. 

South African Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius, in prison for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, may soon meet her parents as part of the process leading to parole being considered.

Jepchirchir finished in 2 hours 22 minutes 39 seconds, just 4 seconds ahead of Viola Cheptoo, also of Kenya. (Cheptoo is Bernard Lagat’s younger sister).

The decisive attack took place 38 kilometers as Kosgei moved resolutely forward, and there was no desire to keep up with him.  

Following the postponement of the races to mourn the late Agnes Jebet Tirop, action finally resumed

Kibet first raced the Istanbul Marathon in 2018 but pulled out of the race after suffering a hamstring after 32 kilometres. 

When he wore them to the Olympics, commentators called the glasses space-age eyewear.

They have identified over 15 young athletes whom she is nurturing .Among them is Emmanuel Wanyonyi who recently won gold in 800m at the World Under-20 Championships in Nairobi.

He noted that he had given himself till June and had already contacted the rugby coaches to make them aware of his return.

Winners in both categories each walked away with Ksh 2million.

The full marathon will start at 7:15am and the corporate relay for the same distance will begin at 7:30 am.

Thanks to the new NOC-K constitution, the field has been considerably levelled, and an outsider with good ideas and strategy has a realistically chance of bumping off an incumbent official.

Omanyala achieved the feat following his stellar performance at the Kenyan round of the prestigious 2021 World Athletics Continental Tour Gold Series, Kip Keino Classic where he smashed his own National Record and setting a new African Record of 9.77 Secs.

Kipyegon will appear alongside Haile Gebrselassie at both the pre-race press conference in Addis Ababa and at a special Gala dinner

China has reported more than 133 cases across 11 provinces so far. All of them have been linked to the highly transmissible Delta variant.

On October 14, Kipchoge noted that he has been appointed as Ambassador for Paris 2024 Olympics Games.

Athletics Kenya announced on Saturday that the Kenyan leg of the World Cross Country Tour would be named after Agnes Tirop.

Teamkenya.co.ke takes a look at the 10 nominees and what they've achieved this year.

The announcement comes three days after President Uhuru Kenyatta lifted the nationwide curfew imposed in March 2020 as a measure to contain the spread of the Covid-19 virus. 

Kipyegon who retained her Olympic 1500m title in August is the only African woman nominated for the award.