Kipyegon clocked three minutes, 53.91 seconds to finish second behind Netherlands Sifan Hassan who posted a world lead time of 3:53.63 to win the race.
World marathon record holder Eliud Kipchoge joined the Lewa Conservancy community, for training ahead of the Virtual Lewa Safari Marathon that is set to be held on June 26.
Athletics Kenya (AK) chairman Jackson Tuwei has reiterated Kenya’s desire to retain the World Under-20 title as Kenya hosts the global event on August 17-22 in its capital Nairobi
Mercy Kipchumba and Victor Kipchirchir are the winners of the third edition of the Eldoret City marathon that was held Sunday June 6 in Uasin Gishu County.
Wambui together with South Africa’s Caster Semenya, Burundi’s Francine Niyonsaba have been barred from running the 800m because of their high testosterone levels.
The news comes as a huge blow to Team Kenya who are already seeking for an alternative host.
Niyonsaba clocked 14min 54.70sec to finish fourth in Montreuil, bettering her own personal best by more than 17 seconds and easily coming in under the Olympic qualifying time of 15:10.00.
Timothy Cheruiyot, Wycliffe Kinyamal and Norah Jeruto all made the headlines with Faith Kipyegon and Beatrice Chebet winning their respective races too.
The championships had been initially scheduled for Algiers, Algeria but the North Africans pulled out citing rising cases of coronavirus infections.
The world champion is however first seeking a qualification berth having missed the Rio Olympics by a whisker.
Kenya's elite athletes such as world record holder Eliud Kipchoge and Geofrey Kamworor are set to take part in the virtual NN World Team Relay race on May 22 and 23.The virtual race is supported by NN Group and Maurten and is being conducted for the second time.
The 24-year-old Ugandan clocked 7 minutes 33.24 seconds, a personal best and a world leading time for the 3000m race, but was nearly 13 seconds short of Kenyan Daniel Komen's time of 7 minutes 20. 67 seconds set 25 years ago.
Athletics Kenya will conduct the Tokyo Olympics trials in Nairobi and not Eldoret as earlier planned. The trials are expected to take place at the Moi International Sports Centre Kasarani from June 17-19.
The New York City Marathon, one of the biggest events staged in the city every year, will return on November 7, with a reduced but still sizable field of participants.
The 10th anniversary of the death of Olympic marathon champion Samuel Kamau Wanjiru for the first time passed on without any major activity.
The athletes were due to train in nearby Chiba and the local government said "concerns for their athletes' safety" led to the cancellation.
With exactly 98 days remaining on the calendar to the Kickoff of the World Athletics U20 Championships meant to be conducted at the Moi International Stadium Kasarani, young athletes across the world have heightened their training sessions as they focus on bringing out their A game in the global showpiece.
A superb performance in the Kolay Istanbul Half Marathon, where she posted a new world record of 1:04:02 hours to beat Ethiopia’s Yalemzerf Yehualaw to second place made it easy for the panel to pick her name.
World 5000m champion Hellen Obiri and world record holder Letesenbet Gidey are set to meet again in the 3000m at the Wanda Doha Diamond League stage on May 28.
The Athletics board of New Zealand has confirmed its withdrawal from the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships to be held in Nairobi, Kenya.
