✳ U20 men 🇺🇬 🏃 310 Feb CHELEGOI ❌ 311 Hosea CHEMUTAI ✅ 313 Allan KIBET ❌ 314 Dan KIBET ✅ 319 Keneth KIPROP ✅ 323 Sailas ROTICH ❌ Bathurst, Australia | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | The Uganda junior men’s team has been cut by half, after three athletes failed to secure visas to travel to …
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Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | The timetable for athletics events at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games was published by the sport’s world governing body on Monday. According to the timetable, 48 events will be spread over 11 competition days, starting with the men’s and women’s 20km race walk races on August …
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Madrid, Spain | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan long-distance ace Joshua Cheptegei on Saturday won the San Silvestre 10km road race in Madrid Spain. The double 5,000m and 10,000m world athletics record holder won the 10km race in 29:09.11. Mohamed Katir El Haouzi from Eritrea came second as he crossed the …
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🔴 Leading Cross Country results ✳ 10km Senior women 1. Stella Chesang 33:57 2. Prisca Chesang 34:06 3. Annet Chelangat 34:13 ✳ 6km U20 women 1. Isella Chebet 20:36 2. Peace Hope Chemutai 20:37 3. Charity Cherop 20:41 ✳ 10km Senior men 1. Martin Magengo Kiprotich 29:35 2. Isaac Kibet 29:43 3. Samuel Kibet …
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Ruiru, Kenya | THE STAR KENYA | Sebastian Kimaru and Grace Loibach on Saturday destroyed strong fields to win the 10km senior races (men and women) earning themselves direct tickets to next year’s World Cross-country Championships in Bathurst, Australia. In the men’s category, Kimaru won the race in 28:22.50 …
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✳ Junior Women: 6km ✳ Junior Men: 8km ✳ Senior Women: 10km ✳ Senior Men: 10km Tororo, Uganda | BY LOUIS JADWONG & URN | The Uganda Athletics Federation has decided that only athletes who will compete in today’s National Cross Country race in Tororo will be given a ticket to the …
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Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Kenya was on Wednesday spared an international ban from athletics, although the country will be “monitored closely” by World Athletics due to the spiraling cases. At a news conference from Rome that was streamed live to the expectant east African distance running powerhouse, World Athletics President …
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Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | The Kenya government is making last-ditch efforts to avert a possible international ban from athletics on Friday due to the increased cases of doping that will see the country miss, among others, the Paris 2024 Olympics. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) and …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The MTN Kampala Marathon is one of the most famous races attracting thousands of participants across East Africa. On November 20, as many as 20,000 runners will head to Kololo Independence Grounds again. From there, some will run or jog a maximum of 42 …
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🏅 Elite Mens: Jacob Kiplimo 00:59:33 🏅 Elite Womens: Hellen Obiri 01:07:05 🏅 Elite Mens Wheelchair: David Weir 00:42:59 🏅 Elite Womens Wheelchair: Eden Rainbow-Cooper 00:51:27 Newcastle, UK | THE INDEPENDENT | Jacob Kiplimo continued cementing his place as the best long distance runner in the world, with another …
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