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Athletics

Olympics 2020: Nicholas Kimeli in lone 5,000m final battle

August 6, 2021  

Kenya is yet to win the 5,000m men Olympic gold medal since John Ngugi shocked everyone with some front running from the bell to win gold at the 1988 games in Seoul. From then on Kenyans have tried to... Read More

Tokyo Olympics: “Embarrassing” US relay team fail to qualify for 4x100m final

August 5, 2021  

The failure of the USA’s 4x100m men’s team to reach the final at Tokyo 2020 was a “total embarrassment”, American sprint legend Carl Lewis says. The United States quartet of Tr... Read More

Omanyala hopes his Olympics performance is an inspiration to many Kenyans

August 5, 2021  

Kenyan sprint sensation Ferdinand Omanyala hopes his performance at Tokyo 2020 will inspire his young compatriots to take up short-distance running. Omanyala made history in Japan on Monday when he be... Read More

Olympics: Emmanuel Korir leads compatriot Rotich to one-two finish to hand Kenya first gold in Tokyo

August 4, 2021  

Kenya has finally bagged her first gold medal at the Olympic Games in Tokyo Japan, Emmanuel Korir beating compatriot Ferguson Rotich to win the 800m men’s race in a Kenyan one-two finish. Korir ... Read More

Belarusian athlete leaves Japan after Poland visa offer

August 4, 2021  

Belarusian Olympic athlete Krystsina Tsimanouskaya flew out of Japan on Wednesday and was expected to take refuge in Poland after saying she feared for her life if she was forced to return home. The 2... Read More

Olympics: Sydney McLaughlin smashes her 400m hurdles world record

August 4, 2021  

The USA’s Sydney McLaughlin smashed her own world record with a sensational run as she took Olympic gold in the women’s 400m hurdles at the Tokyo Games. McLaughlin, 21, powered down the ho... Read More

Ferdinand Omanyala: Kenyan sprinter makes history, misses 100m Olympics final by whisker

August 3, 2021  

Sprinter Ferdinand Omanyala may have exited the Olympics stage but he did so on a high having made history as the first Kenyan to ever make an Olympics semis in 100 metres. Omanyala twice broke the na... Read More

Olympics: Lamont Marcell Jacobs claims shock 100m gold

August 3, 2021  

Italy’s Lamont Marcell Jacobs claimed a shock gold in the Olympic 100m final, after Great Britain’s Zharnel Hughes was disqualified for a false start. Jacobs, who only switched away from l... Read More

Omanyala equals 100m national record on his way to Olympics semis

August 2, 2021  

Ferdinand Omanyala equalled his own national record, clocking 10.01secs to in finishing third in his heat to qualify for the Semi-Final of the Olympic Games in Tokyo on Saturday. Omanyala who had earl... Read More

Mark Otieno: Kenyan sprinter fails drugs test, appeals decision

August 2, 2021  

Kenyan sprinter Mark Otieno has been been provisionally suspended by the International Testing Agency after testing positive for a banned substance in an out-of-competition test at the Tokyo 2020 Olym... Read More

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