‘So, we are delighted to welcome her back to the London Marathon and are very excited to see her take on the Olympic champion Sifan Hassan, plus last year’s champion and women’s-only world record holder Peres Jepchirchir, in what will be one of the great marathon contests.’...
Nairobi, Kenya —Marathon world record-holder Kelvin Kiptum, who was set to bea superstar of long-distance runningand was a top contender for gold at the Olympics in Paris this year, was killed along with his coach in a car crash in Kenya. Their vehicle was the only one invol...
Cabinet secretary for Youth Affairs, Sports and the Arts, Ababu Namwamba, addresses the media on the death of the Kenyan marathon world record-holder Kelvin Kiptum, who has died in a car crash in Kenya.By TOM ODULA, MUTWIRI MUTUOTA and GERALD IMRAY Updated 7:04 PM GMT+8, Feb...
Marathon world record-holder and Nike endorser Kelvin Kiptum, who was set to be a superstar of long-distance running and was a top contender for gold at the Olympics in Paris this year, was killed along with his coach in a car crash in Kenya. T...
Course record holder Sisay Lemma will be hungry to retain his title in the men’s race, while Megertu Alemu is set to lead the women’s field
The men’s marathon world record holder, Kenya’s Kelvin Kiptum, 24, has died in a road accident in his home country. He was killed alongside his coach, Rwanda’s Gervais Hakizimana, in a car on a road in western Kenya on Sunday. ...
Kimetto, the current marathon world record holder in 2:02.57, had expressed fears prior to Chicago's race in October that he was not certain as to how body would react after missing training for over three months. "I am in training and don't want to put any demands on myself. It has...
VIENNA, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- Marathon world record holder Eliud Kipchoge became the first person to run a marathon in under two hours, clocking 1:59:40.2 here on Saturday. In a race designed for him, the "Ineos 1:59 Challenge", starting at 8:15 am local time on the Reichsbrucke, ...
Kosgei snubbed the call to represent Kenya at the World Championships in Doha in October in order to chase the world record in Chicago. It is a move she does not regret. Now she has set her eyes on running at the Olympics having broken the world record for the women's marathon in Chic...
In a 77-year-old former world-record-holding male marathoner (2:08:33.6), this study sought to investigate the impact of lifelong intensive endurance exercise on cardiac structure, function, and the trajectory of functional capacity (determined by maximal oxygen consumption, Vo2max) throughout ...