Tag Archives: Athletics

Albert Chemutai finished 7th in the final event involving Ugandans at the World U-20 Championships in Bygdgoszcz, Poland today. The 3000m steeplechase was won by Amos Kirui of Kenya in 8:20.43 with Chemutai clocking 8:37.76 The result means Uganda returns home with one medal, a bronze won by Jacob Kiplimo in …

Uganda’s Peruth Chemutai, 17, could only manage 7th place in the 3000m Steeplechase final of the Under-20 Championships in Poland on Friday. Olympic-bound Chemutai had entered the women’s final with  second fastest personal best time of the finalists, 9:31.34 with Kenyan Celliphine Chepteek Chespol,  99 9:24.73, having run faster. Kenyan …

Peruth Chemutai, 17, will be one of the athletes to beat in today’s World Under-20 Championships final of the 3000 Metres Steeplechase. Olympic-bound Chemutai has the second fastest personal best time of the finalists, 9:31.34 with Kenyan Celliphine Chepteek Chespol,  99 9:24.73, having runner faster. A medal in the event …

Jacob Kiplimo got Uganda off to a fine start on the first day of the World U-20 Athletics Championship in Bygdgoszcz, Poland by snatching bronze in the 10000m final. The 15-year-old Olympic-bound runner came third Tuesday in 27:26.68 behind  Kenya’s Rodgers Chumo Kwemoi, who stamped his authority on this race from the …

Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA | AFP | South Africa’s Caster Semenya is back and vowing to win an Olympic gold medal that could reignite the complex biological and ethical gender storm that once engulfed her life. The athlete, who was at the centre of a bitter dispute over gender testing seven …

Uganda’s Olympic team has finally been confirmed. It will comprise six women and 15 men. The athletics event will provide the bulk of the team, 17, which is the biggest track and field team since the previous record 13 at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Unlike four years ago when Stephen …

Athletics powerhouse Kenya are once again in the eye of a doping storm just a month out from the Olympic Games after the latest investigation by German television channel ARD and The Sunday Times. Saturday’s documentary alleges doping is rife at the elite training centre in Iten. Previous joint research …

A record 22 Ugandans have qualified for the Olympics this year. Uganda will field at least 17 athletes in Rio, the biggest track and field team since 13 made it to the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Halima Nakaayi (800m) and Thomas Ayeko (10000m) joined the list of qualifiers after a highly …

Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Kenya’s former world 5000m and 10000m champion Vivian Cheruiyot will attempt another Olympic double at Rio in her final fling before retiring from the track. The 32-year old won both her specialities at the Kenyan Olympic trials in Eldoret, and said she was keen to …

Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has launched the  2nd Twegaite  Source of the Nile Run to help raise cancer awareness, buy school books and boost tourism in the Busoga region. The Twegaite Association initiative is being organised in conjunction with the Uganda Tourism Board. In partnership with Uganda Tourism Board, …