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 and the five-borough race in the same year. ‘I’m feeling good - I’m so glad, I’m so happy for my improvement in my career’ Jepchirchir, who wants to be the first woman to successfully defend her Olympic title in 2024, said she has even loftier goals in mind. Those are the races that maybe I can attempt.” Jepchirchir produced the fifth all-time fastest marathon by a woman in December 2020, winning the Valencia Marathon in 2:17:16, and believes she’s “not far” from breaking compatriot Brigid Kosgei’s record 2:14.04 set in 2019.

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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 …

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

Tata Steel Marathon 2024: Ebenyo, Kebede return to defend their titles at World 25K Kolkata
1 month ago

Tata Steel Marathon 2024: Ebenyo, Kebede return to defend their titles at World 25K Kolkata

The Hindu  

Defending champions Daniel Ebenyo and Sutume Kebede will return to defend their titles in the world’s first World Athletics Gold Label 25 K Race, Tata Steel World 25K Kolkata, which is scheduled on Sunday, December 15. Early this year, Kebede improved her personal bests in the half marathon and marathon to take initial world leads in both events in 2024. …

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

Kenya's Sheila Chepkirui wins the women's race at the New York City Marathon
2 months ago

Kenya's Sheila Chepkirui wins the women's race at the New York City Marathon

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Former Tokyo Marathon Runner Tsehay Gemechu Faces Four-Year Ban for Suspected Blood Doping
2 months, 1 week ago

Former Tokyo Marathon Runner Tsehay Gemechu Faces Four-Year Ban for Suspected Blood Doping

The Hindu  

Former Tokyo Marathon runner Tsehay Gemechu has been banned for four years for suspected blood doping. Her 25-year-old career was impacted, including disqualification from her second-place finish in the Tokyo Marathon in 2023, fourth place in the 5,000 meters at the 2019 world championships, and disqualification from the 10,000 meters at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 for a lane violation. …

Tola and Obiri Aim to Repeat as NYC Marathon Champions
2 months, 1 week ago

Tola and Obiri Aim to Repeat as NYC Marathon Champions

Associated Press  

Defending New York City Marathon champions Tamirat Tola and Hellen Obiri are looking to be the first repeat winners in nearly a decade. Tola will have to beat a stellar field that includes past winners Geoffrey Kamworor, Albert Korir, and Evans Chebet. Obiri is trying to become the first woman to win consecutive races since Mary Keitany of Kenya won …

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 …

Sifan Hassan creates history in groundbreaking women's marathon at Paris 2024 Olympic Games
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Sifan Hassan creates history in groundbreaking women's marathon at Paris 2024 Olympic Games

ABC  

When Sifan Hassan claimed her second bronze medal on the track at these Paris 2024 Olympic Games, she was already looking forward. Hell for most, heaven for one, as Hassan created history on a historic day for women's running. With the women's race closing out the athletics program for the first time, Dutch runner Hassan became the first woman in …

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 …

Emile Cairess shines at Olympics marathon – can Team GB runner now win a major?
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Emile Cairess shines at Olympics marathon – can Team GB runner now win a major?

The Independent  

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Eliud Kipchoge struggles in Paris 2024 Olympic Games men's marathon, Tamirat Tola wins gold
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Eliud Kipchoge struggles in Paris 2024 Olympic Games men's marathon, Tamirat Tola wins gold

ABC  

Father Time waits for no man. An 11-time marathon major winner from just 15 attempts, back-to-back Olympic champion — one of just three in history — Kipchoge boasts a CV that will be tough to be bettered by anyone. Kipchoge — a four-time Olympic medallist who won his first medal, a bronze, in Athens in the 5,000m — said his …

Paris 2024 Olympics: Fast-finishing Hall takes 400m gold for US
5 months ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Fast-finishing Hall takes 400m gold for US

The Hindu  

Quincy Hall produced an incredible late surge to overhaul Briton Matthew Hudson-Smith and take a first Olympic 400 metres gold for the United States since 2008 in another scintillating race on Wednesday. Hudson-Smith seemed on course to win his country’s first gold over the distance since “Chariots of Fire” Eric Liddell in the Paris Games 100 years ago, but he …

2024 Olympics: Top non-U.S. athletes to watch, from Nikola Jokić to Rayssa Leal
5 months, 2 weeks ago

2024 Olympics: Top non-U.S. athletes to watch, from Nikola Jokić to Rayssa Leal

New York Times  

Follow our Olympics coverage from the Paris Games. GO DEEPER At 17, swimmer Summer McIntosh is ready to be a breakout star at Paris Olympics Novak Djokovic Novak Djokovic is one of the most accomplished players in men’s tennis history. GO DEEPER Meet Léon Marchand, the 'French Michael Phelps' ready to rule his home Olympics Armand Duplantis If you’re watching …

Paris Olympics 2024: Ledecky vs Titmus – five biggest rivalries to watch
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Paris Olympics 2024: Ledecky vs Titmus – five biggest rivalries to watch

Al Jazeera  

From the women’s swimming events to the men’s javelin throw, Al Jazeera picks out the top five rivalries to watch at Paris 2024. Al Jazeera picks out the top five rivalries to watch at the upcoming Games: Women’s 400m Freestyle – a trio of the world record holders Three of the biggest stars in world swimming – Katie Ledecky, Ariarne …

London Marathon winner Munyao in Kenya team for Paris Olympics
8 months, 1 week ago

London Marathon winner Munyao in Kenya team for Paris Olympics

The Hindu  

Alexander Mutiso Munyao, the surprise winner of this year’s London Marathon, was rewarded for his victory on Wednesday by being included in the Kenyan marathon team for this year’s Olympic Games in Paris. After breaking the tape in London, Munyao admitted he was not sure if he had done enough to merit selection but he was named alongside double Olympic …

Return of the queen: Peres Jepchirchir lays down a marker
8 months, 1 week ago

Return of the queen: Peres Jepchirchir lays down a marker

The Hindu  

Between 2019 and 2022, Peres Jepchirchir reigned supreme in the marathon world. “She heard people talking about me coming back from injury, then she said, ‘Mama you are from injury now, you will be ok. Mama you will win!’” Jepchirchir was “happy” with third “because I was able to train for only two months” — but the loss and her …

London Marathon 2024 results: Peres Jepchirchir breaks women’s only world record
8 months, 2 weeks ago

London Marathon 2024 results: Peres Jepchirchir breaks women’s only world record

The Independent  

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Peres Jepchirchir smashes women’s-only world record to win London Marathon
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Peres Jepchirchir smashes women’s-only world record to win London Marathon

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Olympic champion Jepchirchir wins women’s race at London Marathon in record time
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Olympic champion Jepchirchir wins women’s race at London Marathon in record time

Associated Press  

LONDON — Peres Jepchirchir was more focused on securing a chance to defend her Olympic gold than on setting a world record for a women-only marathon. She ended up doing both after pulling away late to win the London Marathon women’s race on Sunday. That was more than 4 minutes slower than Assefa’s overall women’s world record set in Berlin …

Peres Jepchirchir wins London Marathon, breaks women's-only world record
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Peres Jepchirchir wins London Marathon, breaks women's-only world record

ABC  

In short: Peres Jepchirchir has broken the women's-only marathon world record, winning the London Marathon. Peres Jepchirchir has broken the women's-only marathon world record, winning the London Marathon. Reigning Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir of Kenya crushed the women's-only world record in winning the 44th London Marathon on Sunday. The 30-year-old pulled away over the final 300 metres in a sprint …

Kenenisa Bekele says London Marathon field will be ‘remembering’ Kelvin Kiptum
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Kenenisa Bekele says London Marathon field will be ‘remembering’ Kelvin Kiptum

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Elite women’s field makes London Marathon ‘harder to win’ than Paris Olympics
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Elite women’s field makes London Marathon ‘harder to win’ than Paris Olympics

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Athletics: Kenya’s Kipchoge eyes historic Olympic marathon hat-trick
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Athletics: Kenya’s Kipchoge eyes historic Olympic marathon hat-trick

The Hindu  

Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge expects to make history with his third consecutive Olympic marathon gold medal at the Paris 2024 Olympics, he told Reuters in an interview on Thursday, adding that there was no thoughts about retirement yet. “My huge expectation actually is to win the Olympics for the third time,” said Kipchoge, who turns 40 in November and finished 10th …

Benson Kipruto sets new record in Tokyo marathon win as Eliud Kipchoge struggles for pace
10 months ago

Benson Kipruto sets new record in Tokyo marathon win as Eliud Kipchoge struggles for pace

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With Paris Olympics in sight, elite runners start favourites in Kolkata marathon
1 year ago

With Paris Olympics in sight, elite runners start favourites in Kolkata marathon

The Hindu  

While aiming to win Sunday’s Tata Steel Kolkata 25K race, leading international runners, including Ethiopian Yalemzerf Yehualaw and Kenya’s Betty Chepkemoi Kibet, expressed their desire to do well in the 2024 Paris Olympics. My main target will be to do well at the Paris Olympics and it will be a great achievement,” said Yehualaw, who is second on the world …

Kenya’s Edwin Kiptoo wins Athens Marathon in a course record of 2:10:34
1 year, 1 month ago

Kenya’s Edwin Kiptoo wins Athens Marathon in a course record of 2:10:34

The Hindu  

Kenya’s Edwin Kiptoo has won the 40th Athens Marathon in a course-record time of 2 hours, 10 minutes and 34 seconds. As Kiptoo was crossing the finish line, about 100 people in Athens’ Panathenaic stadium unfurled a banner saying “Free Palestine” and waved Palestinian flags. Soukaina Atanane of Morocco won the women’s race in 2:31:52, good for 19th overall; Kenya’s …

Stellar women’s field takes aim at New York City Marathon record on Sunday
1 year, 2 months ago

Stellar women’s field takes aim at New York City Marathon record on Sunday

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The New York City Marathon women’s record, which has stood for 20 years, could go down Sunday with one of the strongest fields assembled in the history of the race. Reigning champion Sharon Lokedi looks to defend her title against a stellar group of female runners that includes Boston Marathon champion Hellen Obiri, Olympic gold medalist and …

Marathon world record holder Kiptum sidesteps talk of two-hour mark
1 year, 2 months ago

Marathon world record holder Kiptum sidesteps talk of two-hour mark

The Hindu  

Kenya’s freshly-minted marathon world record holder Kelvin Kiptum says he has “no plan” to try and run under the mythic two-hour mark. “I’ve got no plan to run under two hours but only to improve my own record,” said Kiptum who had won on his debut over the 26.2 mile distance last December in Valencia, doubling up in London in …

Kenyan Kiptum breaks Kipchoge’s world record to win Chicago Marathon men’s title
1 year, 3 months ago

Kenyan Kiptum breaks Kipchoge’s world record to win Chicago Marathon men’s title

The Hindu  

Kenya’s Kelvin Kiptum set a world record to win Sunday’s Chicago Marathon men’s title in an unofficial time of two hours and 35 seconds. The 23-year-old shattered the old world record of 2:01:09 set by Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge to win the 2022 Berlin Marathon. “I thought I’d go and try Chicago.” Sifan Hassan Dutch star Sifan Hassan won the Chicago …

Tigst Assefa shatters women’s marathon record in Berlin
1 year, 3 months ago

Tigst Assefa shatters women’s marathon record in Berlin

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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 …

World Athletics Championships 2023: Uganda’s Kiplangat takes men’s marathon gold
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Uganda’s Kiplangat takes men’s marathon gold

The Hindu  

Uganda’s Victor Kiplangat won the men’s marathon at the World Athletics Championships on Sunday with a time of two hours, eight minutes, 53 seconds, while Maru Teferi of Israel finished with silver despite taking a tumble. The 2022 Commonwealth Games gold medallist Kiplangat broke away on his own with about 4 km to go, crossing the finish line with an …

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: Jackson, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Richardson ready to scorch Budapest track
1 year, 4 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2023: Jackson, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Richardson ready to scorch Budapest track

The Hindu  

World 100m champion Fred Kerley’s long-awaited showdown with Olympic gold medallist Marcell Jacobs is one of many intriguing sub-plots to the World Athletics Championships that start in Budapest on Saturday. Since that heady victory, the Italian has been beset by injuries, missing last year’s Covid-delayed world champs in Eugene when Kerley led a U.S. medal clean sweep in track and …

Defending champion Sharon Lokedi leads loaded New York City Marathon women’s field
1 year, 5 months ago

Defending champion Sharon Lokedi leads loaded New York City Marathon women’s field

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Sharon Lokedi is set to defend her New York City Marathon title in the race Nov. 5 as part of a loaded women’s professional field. Joining Lokedi are Boston Marathon champion Hellen Obiri, Olympic gold medalist and 2021 New York champion Peres Jepchirchir, and marathon world-record holder Brigid Kosgei. I’m on my way back to training and …

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 …

Kosgei confident ahead of London Marathon despite injuries
1 year, 8 months ago

Kosgei confident ahead of London Marathon despite injuries

The Hindu  

Brigid Kosgei believes she can still win a third London Marathon title despite recent injury problems. Kosgei added: “The field is not easy, it is very strong because everyone wants to be a winner, so we will all do our best on Sunday.” Defending champion Yalemzerf Yehualaw won last year’s race in October in two hours, 17 minutes and 26 …

Marathon debutante Hassan “curious” ahead of tight London race
1 year, 8 months ago

Marathon debutante Hassan “curious” ahead of tight London race

The Hindu  

Olympic gold medallist Sifan Hassan is “curious” about her debut marathon on Sunday in London, a run she describes as a test that is likely to inform how she approaches next year’s Paris Olympics. If Sunday goes well, she may consider another marathon in the autumn, she said, adding that she still loved track and didn’t yet know how her …

Boston Marathon 2023: Chebet defends men’s title, Kipchoge sixth; Obiri takes women’s crown
1 year, 8 months ago

Boston Marathon 2023: Chebet defends men’s title, Kipchoge sixth; Obiri takes women’s crown

The Hindu  

Defending champion Evans Chebet of Kenya won the Boston Marathon again on Monday, surging to the front at Heartbreak Hill to spoil the much-anticipated debut of world record holder Eliud Kipchoge and win in 2 hours, 5 minutes, 54 seconds. Follow RCB vs CSK IPL 2023 Live Score Hellen Obiri, a two-time Olympic silver medalist in the 5,000 meters, won …

London Marathon announces ‘greatest women’s field ever assembled’
1 year, 11 months ago

London Marathon announces ‘greatest women’s field ever assembled’

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Kenya faces threat of athletics ban for doping ‘crisis’
2 years, 1 month ago

Kenya faces threat of athletics ban for doping ‘crisis’

Associated Press  

DOHA, Qatar — Kenya faces the prospect of being banned from international athletics because of doping problems that have now reached “crisis” levels, according to authorities in the country. The threat of an imminent ban by track and field governing body World Athletics, which would have repercussions for a number of medal contenders at next year’s world championships and the …

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. …

:London Marathon-bound Kenenisa Bekele claims he is the greatest long-distance runner ever
2 years, 3 months ago

:London Marathon-bound Kenenisa Bekele claims he is the greatest long-distance runner ever

Daily Mail  

Bekele, a veteran, has three Olympic gold medals and 17 world titles to his name For all the stars missing from Sunday’s London Marathon, it has been tempting to overlook that one of those on the start line is arguably the greatest distance runner in history. His confidence comes with some justification, given the Ethiopian holds three Olympic gold medals, …

Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge sets new world record at Berlin Marathon 2022
2 years, 3 months ago

Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge sets new world record at Berlin Marathon 2022

China Daily  

Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge celebrates as he wins the Berlin Marathon and breaks the World Record in Berlin, Germany, Sept 25, 2022. BERLIN - Eliud Kipchoge from Kenya set a new world record of two hours, one minute and nine seconds to claim the 48th Berlin Marathon title here on Sunday. Only Ethiopia's Andamlak Belihu and fellow countryman Guye Adola were …

Korir joins Jepchirchir in defending NYC Marathon title
2 years, 4 months ago

Korir joins Jepchirchir in defending NYC Marathon title

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Albert Korir is joining fellow Kenyan runner Peres Jepchirchir in attempting to defend his title at the New York City Marathon. He’ll be joined in the men’s field by 2021 runner-up Mohamed El Aaraby of Morocco, along with 2020 London Marathon winner Shura Kitata of Ethiopia and Kenyan runner Evans Chebet, according to New York Road Runners. …

World Athletics Championships 2022: Tamirat Tola Takes Marathon Gold With Dominant Show
2 years, 5 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2022: Tamirat Tola Takes Marathon Gold With Dominant Show

News 18  

Ethiopia’s Tamirat Tola won the World Championship men’s marathon in dominant fashion on Sunday as he forged powerfully clear around 34km to come home more than a minute ahead to take gold in a championship record two hours, 05.37 minutes. Over a minute back in 2:06.44, Mosinet Geremew made it an Ethiopian 1-2 for the second World Championship in a …

World Athletics Championships 2022: Ethiopa’s Tola takes marathon gold
2 years, 5 months ago

World Athletics Championships 2022: Ethiopa’s Tola takes marathon gold

The Hindu  

Ethiopia's Tamirat Tola won the men's marathon at the World Athletics Championships in dominant fashion on Sunday, forging powerfully clear around 34km to come home solo to take gold in a championship record of two hours, 05.37 minutes. WORLD CHAMPION ‼️ CHAMPIONSHIP RECORD ‼️ After in London back in 2017, Tamirat Tola concludes a superb effort in the most beautiful …

Kenya’s Jepchirchir out of world championship marathon with injury
2 years, 5 months ago

Kenya’s Jepchirchir out of world championship marathon with injury

The Hindu  

Olympic women’s marathon champion Peres Jepchirchir of Kenya will miss the World Championships in Eugene, Oregon, due to a right hip injury, her agent told Reuters on Monday. Kenyan news outlet Nation reported the 28-year-old runner first felt discomfort last week after which Team Kenya’s doctor advised her to rest. “I am so disappointed but I would rather not aggravate …

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