Florence Jepkosgei Chepsoi was the first Kenyan athlete to be found guilty in criminal court, last year. She received a one-year sentence of community service for faking documents as part of her defense to charges of doping. The conviction was announced by the Anti-Doping Asso...
Francis Mutuku, secretary general of National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOCK) confirmed that each athlete will take 750 dollars monthly starting in January to August 2020 when the Tokyo Olympics will be held. The funding is part of the IOC's Olympic Solidarity movement. "The Olympic Solidarity...
In the men's race Ethiopia's Abdela Gobena, who set his best time of 2:09:45 just five months ago when finishing fourth at the Seoul Marathon will be the lead athlete. However, he will face a strong opposition from Kenyan Julius Keter, who is making his debut in Japan. Keter, who ...
"It takes a lot of fuel to train to be a world class athlete. Just not going to happen if you are missing meals." The talented runner needs support to make running their profession. If their parents can't help, who do they turn too? In most cases there is no one else. They ...
As a keen junior athlete, I remember being fascinated by the story of Finnish runner Annemari Sandell, who went to train in Kenya for six weeks in the early 1990s and returned to win the World Cross-Country Championships. What had happened to her out there, I wondered. Finally, years ...
And quite a prize it is because Vivian Cheruiyot is the 2012 Laureus Female Athlete of the Year. It is impossible to get any higher recognition. Every time that one looked at the track last year, either in the arena itself or on the television screen, it seemed that Cheruiyot was setting...
Shebroke free from a pack of about 20runners just 18 minutes into the race. Netsanet Gudeta of Ethiopia kept the athlete moving until Kipyokei surged ahead at around the 24-mile mark. Veteran runner Edna Kiplagat of Kenya came close, finishing second with a time of two hours, ...
NAIROBI, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- Kenyan Olympic and world champion Hellen Obiri has been axed from potential nominees for the world female athlete of the year award. Obiri who failed in her bid to win two gold medals at the World championships will now focus her energies to reclaiming the Wor...
Footage broadcast in the bombshell report purported to show a top male and female athlete being injected with the performance-enhancing substance EPO in pharmacies. There are also claims from a doctor that Kenyan athletes and officials have found a way to sidestep testing methods. ...
Francis Mutuku, secretary general of National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOCK) confirmed that each athlete will take 750 dollars monthly starting in January to August 2020 when the Tokyo Olympics will be held. The funding is part of the IOC's Olympic Solidarity movement. ...