Beatrice Chebet: Kenyan runner smashes her own 5,000m women’s world record
1 week ago

Beatrice Chebet: Kenyan runner smashes her own 5,000m women’s world record

CNN  

CNN — As many were getting ready to welcome in the New Year on Tuesday, Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet was busy breaking a world record. The 24-year-old, who won two Olympic gold medals in 2024, capped off her brilliant year by smashing her own women’s 5,000m road world record at the Cursa dels Nassos race in Barcelona, Spain. “Two races in Barcelona and two world records, can I ask for more?” According to World Athletics, the race was run in perfect weather conditions which allowed Chebet to produce her best. Chebet won both the 5,000m and 10,000m races on the track at Paris 2024, while setting the 10,000m women’s world record in May.

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Kenya’s Chebet smashes own world record in women’s 5km, becomes first woman to breach 14-minute mark
1 week ago

Kenya’s Chebet smashes own world record in women’s 5km, becomes first woman to breach 14-minute mark

The Hindu  

Double Olympic champion Beatrice Chebet smashed the women’s 5km world record with a time of 13 minutes 54 seconds at the Cursa dels Nassos road race in Barcelona on Tuesday as she finished a blockbuster year on a high. The Kenyan beat her previous record - set a year ago to the day at the Barcelona race - by 19 …

World Athletics: Olympic champions Hassan and Tebogo named ‘Athletes of the Year’
1 month ago

World Athletics: Olympic champions Hassan and Tebogo named ‘Athletes of the Year’

The Hindu  

Dutch marathon runner Sifan Hassan and Botswanan sprinter Letsile Tebogo, both of whom took gold at the Paris Olympics, were named ‘Athletes of the Year’ by World Athletics in Monaco on Sunday. Swedish pole-vaulter Armand Duplantis won the men’s field category after an unbeaten 2024, winning Olympic gold and setting a new world record of 6.26 metres. Ukrainian Yaroslava Mahuchikh …

Kenyan runner Ruth Chepngetich set a new women's marathon world record
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Kenyan runner Ruth Chepngetich set a new women's marathon world record

NPR  

Kenyan runner Ruth Chepngetich set a new women's marathon world record Kenyan runner Ruth Chepngetich smashed the women’s marathon world record yesterday in Chicago by nearly two minutes. SUMMERS: Kenyan runner Ruth Chepng'etich smashed the women's marathon world record yesterday in Chicago by nearly two minutes. SUMMERS: Now, she's won Chicago twice before, but yesterday, she took over four minutes …

Ruth Chepngetich shatters world marathon record as Nike overtakes Adidas in super-shoe wars
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Ruth Chepngetich shatters world marathon record as Nike overtakes Adidas in super-shoe wars

The Telegraph  

Ruth Chepngetich has become the first woman to run a marathon in under 2hr 10 min, shattering the previous world record by almost two minutes in one of the most exceptional distance-running feats ever. The 2:10 barrier was long considered unbreakable for a woman – and her finishing time of 2:09:56 is more than five minutes quicker than Paula Radcliffe’s …

Paralympic Games end with a Parisian electro-dance party after 2 world records on final day
4 months ago

Paralympic Games end with a Parisian electro-dance party after 2 world records on final day

Associated Press  

PARIS — The Paralympic Games ended Sunday with two world records and a spectacular light show during a closing ceremony dominated by French electronic music Jean-Michel Jarre got the party underway at the Stade de France, coaxing dance moves from athletes, volunteers and spectators on a day when Morocco’s Fatima Ezzahra El Idrissi smashed the world record in the women’s …

‘Just a 100m sprint’: Sifan Hassan completes unlikely Olympic treble after winning women’s marathon
4 months, 4 weeks ago

‘Just a 100m sprint’: Sifan Hassan completes unlikely Olympic treble after winning women’s marathon

The Independent  

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Paris 2024 Olympics: Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon wins third straight 1,500m Olympic gold
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon wins third straight 1,500m Olympic gold

The Hindu  

Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon won her third straight Olympic 1,500 metres gold on Saturday, surging ahead of the pack to finish more than a second ahead of the field. Kipyegon cemented her status as one of the all-time great middle-distance runners, becoming the first athlete to claim three successive Olympic 1,500m titles. Her winning time of three minutes 51.29 seconds broke …

Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon wins 1500-metre final for record third Olympic gold
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon wins 1500-metre final for record third Olympic gold

Al Jazeera  

Kipyegon becomes the first athlete ever to win three back-to-back 1500m gold medals and sets new Olympic record time. Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon made history after becoming the first woman to win three consecutive Olympic 1,500-metre gold medals with a superb display of middle-distance running. 3rd Olympic 1500m gold for 🇰🇪's Faith Kipyegon 😤 No one in history has won 3 …

Kenya's 'smiling assassin' Chebet wins Olympic 5,000m gold
5 months ago

Kenya's 'smiling assassin' Chebet wins Olympic 5,000m gold

New Indian Express  

PARIS: Kenya's Beatrice Chebet produced a masterful display of tactical running to win gold in the Olympic women's 5,000m on Monday, ending defending champion Sifan Hassan's dream of a long-distance treble. Chebet -- nicknamed "the smiling assassin" -- bided her time before accelerating past compatriot Faith Kipyegon down the home straight to take gold in 14min 28.56sec at the Stade …

Hassan takes bronze in the 5,000, the first of her 3 Olympic distance races. Chebet wins gold
5 months ago

Hassan takes bronze in the 5,000, the first of her 3 Olympic distance races. Chebet wins gold

Associated Press  

SAINT-DENIS, France — Sifan Hassan’s audacious attempt at a distance triple gold is over after just one race. That didn’t stop her from jumping on 5,000-meter gold medalist Beatrice Chebet of Kenya in a festive celebration for both women on Monday at the Paris Olympics. … My main goal is to complete all three distances.” Chebet clocked 14 minutes, 28.56 …

Laura Muir breaks British 1500m best as world records fall at Paris Diamond League
6 months ago

Laura Muir breaks British 1500m best as world records fall at Paris Diamond League

The Independent  

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Sha’Carri Richardson gives her Olympic hopes a jolt with 100m win at Prefontaine Classic
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Sha’Carri Richardson gives her Olympic hopes a jolt with 100m win at Prefontaine Classic

New York Times  

EUGENE, Ore. — The display of power out of the starting block was back. It was a historic day in Eugene as Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet set a new WORLD RECORD in the women’s 10,000m with a time of 28:54.14. Moon cleared 4.53 on her second attempt and then passed on jumping 4.63 — thus opening the door for Grove and …

Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet sets world record in 10,000 meters
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet sets world record in 10,000 meters

Associated Press  

EUGENE, Ore. — Beatrice Chebet of Kenya set a world record in the 10,000 meters at the Prefontaine Classic meet on Saturday, finishing in 28 minutes, 54.14 seconds. “I felt like I was very comfortable.” It was her first 10,000 race since 2020 in Nairobi. “But my target is to run 5,000 first, then 10,000 comes second,” she said. “Because …

World Athletics Championships 2023: Parul Chaudhary creates new national record in women's 3000m steeplechase
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Parul Chaudhary creates new national record in women's 3000m steeplechase

India TV News  

India's Parul Chaudhary had to settle for the 11th spot in the in the women’s 3000m steeplechase finals at the World Athletics Championships 2023 in Budapest, Hungary, on Sunday, August 27 but her commendable effort saw her set up a new national record and qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympics. Parul managed to clock an individual best of 9:24.29s in …

World Athletics Championships 2023: Yavi wins women’s 3,000 steeplechase gold with last-lap surge
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Yavi wins women’s 3,000 steeplechase gold with last-lap surge

The Hindu  

Winfred Yavi of Bahrain stalked world record holder Beatrice Chepkoech for all but one lap of the women’s 3,000 metres steeplechase, surging past the Kenyan over the final 400 metres to capture gold at the World Athletics Championships on Sunday. It was a fast race but I did not realise it was that fast,” said Yavi, who was born in …

Faith Kipyegon becomes first woman to complete 1500m, 5000m double at World Athletics Championships
1 year, 4 months ago

Faith Kipyegon becomes first woman to complete 1500m, 5000m double at World Athletics Championships

The Hindu  

Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon became the first woman ever to complete a 1,500-5,000 metres double at the World Championships after she raced to victory over the longer distance on Saturday. Four days after she won the 1,500 metres, the two-time Olympic gold medallist surged away from Dutchwoman Sifan Hassan down the home straight to cross in 14 minutes 53.88 seconds for …

World Athletics Championships 2023: Top three contenders for the women’s 100m hurdles
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Top three contenders for the women’s 100m hurdles

The Hindu  

A total of 40 athletes will be participating in the women’s 100m hurdles in the World Athletics Championships 2023 which will be held in Budapest from August 19 to 27. Here are the top three contenders for gold medal in women’s 100m hurdles: Tobi Amusan The 26-year-old Nigerian is the current World Champion, African Champion, and number one ranked in …

World Athletics Championships 2023: Top three contenders in women’s 5000m
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Top three contenders in women’s 5000m

The Hindu  

The World Athletics Championships 2023 will be held in Budapest from August 19 to 27. Here are the top three contenders for the gold medal in women’s 5000m in the Hungarian capital: Faith Kipyegon A week after she set the 1500m world record in Florence, Faith Kipyegon etched her name into the record books for the 5000m, with a timing …

World Athletics Championships 2023: Top three contenders for men’s 800m
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Top three contenders for men’s 800m

The Hindu  

A total of 56 athletes will be participating in the men’s 800m in the World Athletics Championships 2023 which will be held in Budapest from August 19 to 27. Here are the top three contenders for the gold medal: Emmanuel Kipkurui Korir The 28-year-old Kenyan is the current World Champion, an Olympic champion, and three-time Diamond League Final winner. | …

UCI World C’Ships: Flying Finucane flings down Paris marker, Quintero’s keirin joy
1 year, 4 months ago

UCI World C’Ships: Flying Finucane flings down Paris marker, Quintero’s keirin joy

The Hindu  

Emma Finucane became the first British track rider to win the women’s sprint gold at the World Championships for 10 years as she beat Germany’s Lea Friedrich in the final on Wednesday. The final night of competition on the boards provided a big upset as Colombia’s Kevin Quintero left the big favourites in his wake to win the men’s keirin …

World Athletics Championships: Olympics 800m champion Korir makes Kenya’s squad for Budapest
1 year, 6 months ago

World Athletics Championships: Olympics 800m champion Korir makes Kenya’s squad for Budapest

The Hindu  

World and Olympic 800m champion Emmanuel Korir has been included in a 46-member squad named by Kenya on Saturday for next month’s world championships in Budapest. Former 400m specialist Korir, who has dominated the men’s 800m for the last two years, withdrew from the trials with a leg injury, but earned his place in the team through a wild card …

Kenyan record-breaker Faith Kipyegon plans double at world championships in Budapest
1 year, 6 months ago

Kenyan record-breaker Faith Kipyegon plans double at world championships in Budapest

The Hindu  

Kenya’s record-breaking running star Faith Kipyegon confirmed on Friday she will go for a 1,500m-5,000m double at the world championships in Budapest next month. The 29-year-old smashed the world records in both events in June, running 3:49.11 in the 1,500m in Florence, and seven days later an explosive 14:05.20 in her 5,000m debut race at the Paris Diamond League. Meet …

Kenya rewards runner Kipyegon with $35,000 and house for breaking 2 world records
1 year, 6 months ago

Kenya rewards runner Kipyegon with $35,000 and house for breaking 2 world records

The Hindu  

Distance runner Faith Kipyegon was given $35,000 and a house by Kenyan President William Ruto on Tuesday as a reward for breaking two world records in the space of a week. The 29-year-old Kipyegon, a two-time Olympic champion in the 1,500 meters, set a new 1,500 world record in Florence, Italy on June 2 when she broke the eight-year-old mark …

Paris Diamond League: Lyles wins 100m dash; Kipyegon sets 5,000 WR
1 year, 6 months ago

Paris Diamond League: Lyles wins 100m dash; Kipyegon sets 5,000 WR

The Hindu  

World 200m champion Noah Lyles scorched to victory in the 100m at the Diamond League meeting in Paris on Friday, but Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs could only finish seventh. Girma sets new men’s 3,000m steeplechase world record Ethiopia’s Lamecha Girma smashed a 19-year-old world record in the men’s 3,000m steeplechase at the Diamond League meeting in Paris on Friday. Kipyegon …

‘Anything is possible’ as Kenya’s Kipyegon shatters 1,500m world record
1 year, 7 months ago

‘Anything is possible’ as Kenya’s Kipyegon shatters 1,500m world record

The Hindu  

Nearly nine months after missing out on the 1,500 metres world record by three-hundredths of a second, Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon buried the ghost of past disappointments with an emphatic performance at Friday’s Florence Diamond League meeting. In Monaco last year, double Olympic and world 1500m champion Kipyegon came agonisingly close to breaking Genzebe Dibaba’s mark of 3:50.07 set in 2015 …

World record holder Kipruto to vie for honours at TCS World 10K Bengaluru on May 21
1 year, 8 months ago

World record holder Kipruto to vie for honours at TCS World 10K Bengaluru on May 21

The Hindu  

Men’s 10K road race world record holder Rhonex Kipruto of Kenya will be among the top stars to run at the 15th edition of the TCS World 10K Bengaluru on May 21. The 23-year-old headlines an exciting field in the USD 210,000 prize fund World Athletics Gold Label event that includes 14 runners with personal best under the course record …

Chebet stuns Gidey for world cross country gold, Kiplimo wins men’s title
1 year, 10 months ago

Chebet stuns Gidey for world cross country gold, Kiplimo wins men’s title

The Hindu  

Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet overhauled favourite Letesenbet Gidey with a stunning late burst over the last 100 metres to clinch the women’s cross country world title on Saturday. Jacob Kiplimo later won the men’s title for Uganda but only the approach of a thunder storm about to sweep over the Mount Panorama race track was able to offer drama comparable to …

Kenya’s Ruth Chepngetich, Benson Kipruto cruise to victory in Chicago Marathon
2 years, 2 months ago

Kenya’s Ruth Chepngetich, Benson Kipruto cruise to victory in Chicago Marathon

The Hindu  

Kenyan Ruth Chepngetich defended her Chicago Marathon title in a dominant display on Sunday, breaking the tape in two hours 14 minutes and 18 seconds, as her compatriot Benson Kipruto cruised to victory in the men’s race in 2:04:24. “Next year I’m ready to come back again.” American Emily Sisson finished second in 2:18:29 and Kenyan Vivian Jerono Kiplagat third. …

Olympic Marathon Champion Peres Jepchirchir Targeting 2023 World Record Attempt
2 years, 6 months ago

Olympic Marathon Champion Peres Jepchirchir Targeting 2023 World Record Attempt

News 18  

Olympic marathon champion Peres Jepchirchir said she could target the London, Berlin or Chicago marathons for a world record attempt next year as she builds on a blockbuster run. The 28-year-old Kenyan set the sport ablaze when she won the New York City Marathon just 13 weeks after claiming gold in Tokyo, the first athlete to win the Olympic marathon …

Olympic marathon champion Jepchirchir targeting 2023 world record attempt
2 years, 6 months ago

Olympic marathon champion Jepchirchir targeting 2023 world record attempt

The Hindu  

Olympic marathon champion Peres Jepchirchir said she could target the London, Berlin or Chicago marathons for a world record attempt next year as she builds on a blockbuster run. The 28-year-old Kenyan set the sport ablaze when she won the New York City Marathon just 13 weeks after claiming gold in Tokyo, the first athlete to win the Olympic marathon …

Viola Cheptoo dedicates New York run to slain Olympian Agnes Tirop
3 years, 2 months ago

Viola Cheptoo dedicates New York run to slain Olympian Agnes Tirop

The Hindu  

Kenyan Viola Cheptoo dedicated her second-place run in Sunday's New York City Marathon to Olympian and compatriot Agnes Tirop, who was found stabbed to death in her home last month, and said she would work to bring awareness to gender-based violence. Kenyan police last month arrested the husband of the 25-year-old two-time World Championship bronze medallist Tirop, whose funeral two …

Sebastian Coe leads tributes to two-time world bronze medallist Agnes Tirop
3 years, 2 months ago

Sebastian Coe leads tributes to two-time world bronze medallist Agnes Tirop

The Independent  

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Tirop and Teferi smash 10km and 5km world records
3 years, 3 months ago

Tirop and Teferi smash 10km and 5km world records

The Hindu  

Two world records tumbled on Saturday when Kenya's Agnes Tirop surged to victory in the 10 km race and Ethiopia's Senbere Teferi triumphed in the 5 km distance at an event in Herzogenaurach, Germany. Tirop, a twice world 10,000m bronze medallist, won the 10 km event with a time of 30 minutes and one second, finishing ahead of Sheila Chepkirui …

Dutch star Sifan Hassan cruises to win 5,000m event at Prefontaine Classic
3 years, 4 months ago

Dutch star Sifan Hassan cruises to win 5,000m event at Prefontaine Classic

Firstpost  

Hassan, who won gold in the 5,000m and 10,000m at the Tokyo Games earlier this month, finished well ahead of runner-up Senbere Teferi of Ethiopia Eugene: Double gold medallist Sifan Hassan came up short in a bid to set a world record in the 5,000 metres at the Prefontaine Classic on Friday, but she still managed to win comfortably in …

Kenya’s Jepchirchir wins women’s marathon with late burst
3 years, 5 months ago

Kenya’s Jepchirchir wins women’s marathon with late burst

Al Jazeera  

Two-time world half marathon champion came out on top after breaking out of a virtual tie with world record holder and compatriot at 40km mark. Kenya’s Peres Jepchirchir won the Olympic women’s marathon in Sapporo on Saturday, outduelling compatriot Brigid Kosgei in the final minutes and claiming her country’s second consecutive gold medal in the event. But it was two-time …

Jamaica's Elaine Thompson-Herah breaks Flo Jo's Olympic record in women's 100m
3 years, 5 months ago

Jamaica's Elaine Thompson-Herah breaks Flo Jo's Olympic record in women's 100m

India TV News  

Elaine Thompson-Herah broke Florence Griffith Joyner’s 33-year-old Olympic record in the women’s 100 meters, pointing at the scoreboard even before crossing the line in 10.61 seconds Saturday to defend her title and lead a Jamaican sweep of the medals. Flo Jo’s records are older than virtually every sprinter in the women’s game, save Fraser-Pryce, who was born about 18 months …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: At 34, 'Mommy Rocket' Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce sprinter to beat at Games
3 years, 6 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: At 34, 'Mommy Rocket' Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce sprinter to beat at Games

Firstpost  

At Tokyo, Fraser-Pryce could become the first woman to win three 100-meter gold medals at the Games. “There’s no failure in progress, so keep going and push through.” Where the world used to look to another Jamaican, Usain Bolt, to rewrite history at the Olympics, Bolt’s retirement turns the spotlight over to Fraser-Pryce, who is now the most-accomplished active 100-meter …

Stockholm Diamond League: Ronnie Baker wins 100m, Armand Duplantis delights home crowd
3 years, 6 months ago

Stockholm Diamond League: Ronnie Baker wins 100m, Armand Duplantis delights home crowd

The Hindu  

American Ronnie Baker won a tight 100 metres race at the Stockholm Diamond League meeting on Sunday and heads to his first Olympics in Tokyo as a leading medal contender. With the Tokyo Olympics due to begin in a little over three weeks, world long jump champion Tajay Gayle of Jamaica produced a season's best leap of 8.55 metres to …

Letesenbet Gidey shatters 10,000m world record
3 years, 6 months ago

Letesenbet Gidey shatters 10,000m world record

The Hindu  

Two days after Sifan Hassan smashed the world 10,000 metres record in Hengelo, Ethiopia’s Letesenbet Gidey – competing on the same track in the Dutch city – improved the mark by another five seconds to win the Ethiopian Trials on Tuesday. Dutchwoman Hassan had run 29:06.82 to slice almost 10 seconds off the record set by Almaz Ayana at the …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Sifan Hassan sets women's 10,000m world record in build-up to Games
3 years, 7 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Sifan Hassan sets women's 10,000m world record in build-up to Games

Firstpost  

Hassan, 28, clocked 29min 06.82sec at the Hengelo meet, smashing the previous best set by Ethiopian Almaz Ayana in winning gold at the 2016 Rio Games. Hengelo: Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands fired a warning shot ahead of the Tokyo Olympics by setting a new world record in the women’s 10,000m on Sunday. To run this world record here today …

Kenya's Ruth Chepngetich smashes half marathon world record; Brigid Kosgei falters
3 years, 9 months ago

Kenya's Ruth Chepngetich smashes half marathon world record; Brigid Kosgei falters

Firstpost  

A strong early pace was set chiefly by Brigid Kosgei, the Kenyan marathon record holder, who eventually came in fifth, almost two minutes adrift. Paris: Kenya’s Ruth Chepngetich smashed the women’s half marathon world record on Sunday in a time of one hour four minutes and two seconds in Istanbul. The marathon world champion from Doha 2019 sliced almost half …

Athletics: World Records of Letesenbet Gidey and Joshua Cheptegei Officially Ratified
4 years ago

Athletics: World Records of Letesenbet Gidey and Joshua Cheptegei Officially Ratified

News 18  

Ugandan long-distance runner Joshua Cheptegei’s 10,000m world record and the 5,000m record of Ethiopia’s Letesenbet Gidey, which were set earlier this year, have been officially ratified. Gidey’s 5,000m mark of 14:06.62 and Cheptegei’s 10,000m performance of 26:11.00 were both set at the aptly named ‘NN Valencia World Record Day’ on October 7. “I wanted to show the sports lovers of …

Kenya's Kibiwott Kandie Licks Half-marathon World Record in Valencia
4 years, 1 month ago

Kenya's Kibiwott Kandie Licks Half-marathon World Record in Valencia

News 18  

Kenya’s Kibiwott Kandie smashed the men’s half-marathon world record in Valencia on Sunday in a time of 57 minutes 32 seconds. His blistering performance was almost half a minute quicker than the previous record of 58min 01sec set by his compatriot Geoffrey Kamworor in September 2019. In perfect running conditions, the 24-year-old Kandie was chased across the line just five …

World record breakers Letesenbet Gidey, Joshua Cheptegei in running for Athlete of the Year
4 years, 2 months ago

World record breakers Letesenbet Gidey, Joshua Cheptegei in running for Athlete of the Year

Firstpost  

Gidey, 22, sliced more than four seconds off the previous 5,000m record with a time of 14 min 06.62sec in a race in Valencia Paris: Ethiopia’s Letesenbet Gidey, who smashed the women’s 5,000m world record in October, was among the nominees for the female World Athlete of the Year announced on Tuesday. Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda, who broke the men’s …

Letesenbet Gidey, Joshua Cheptegei smash long-distance world records in Valencia
4 years, 3 months ago

Letesenbet Gidey, Joshua Cheptegei smash long-distance world records in Valencia

Firstpost  

Gidey put up the run of her short career a year after taking 10,000m silver at the world athletics championships in Doha. Valencia: Ethiopia’s Letesenbet Gidey set a new women’s 5,000m world record of 14 minutes 6.62 seconds in Valencia on Wednesday. 14:06.62. pic.twitter.com/SfFxCzPYMi — World Athletics October 7, 2020 Joshua Cheptegei smashes 10,000m track world record Later, Uganda’s Joshua …

Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei breaks Kenya’s Rhonex Kipruto's 5 km road world record
4 years, 10 months ago

Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei breaks Kenya’s Rhonex Kipruto's 5 km road world record

Firstpost  

Cheptegei, the 10,000m world champion, crossed the finish line in 12 minutes and 51 seconds in his first race of the year to eclipse Kipruto’s effort from the 10K Valencia Ibercaja in Spain last month Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei shattered the 5km road world record in Monaco on Sunday, shaving 27 seconds off the mark set by Kenya’s Rhonex Kipruto last …

Kosgei nominated for for Female World Athlete of the Year
5 years, 2 months ago

Kosgei nominated for for Female World Athlete of the Year

The Hindu  

Kenya's marathon world record holder Brigid Kosgei was one of 11 nominees for the IAAF female athlete of the year, athletics' governing body announced on Tuesday. The 25-year-old Kosgei finished the Chicago Marathon in two hours, 14 minutes and four seconds on Sunday to shatter Paula Radcliffe's 16-year-old world record of 2:15:25, which the Briton had set in London. American …

World Athletics Championships 2019: Ruth Chepngetich braves brutal conditions to win women's marathon
5 years, 3 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2019: Ruth Chepngetich braves brutal conditions to win women's marathon

Firstpost  

Kenya’s Ruth Chepngetich powered through brutal heat and humidity to win gold in the women’s marathon on Saturday, bringing the curtain down on a dramatic opening day at the World Athletics Championships in Doha. Doha: Kenya’s Ruth Chepngetich powered through brutal heat and humidity to win gold in the women’s marathon on Saturday, bringing the curtain down on a dramatic …

World Athletics Championships: Kenya's Ruth Chepngetich defies heat to win marathon gold
5 years, 3 months ago

World Athletics Championships: Kenya's Ruth Chepngetich defies heat to win marathon gold

India TV News  

The 68 women who lined up for the marathon in a virtual steam bath off the bay fronting Doha's downtown were posed with one not-so-simple question when the clock struck midnight Saturday: How much are you willing to suffer? On a night in which 28 of those runners didn't get to the finish line, Ruth Chepngetich of Kenya had all …

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