Athletics

[ad_1] Kenya's Ruth Chepngetich took almost two minutes off the world record at the Bank of America Chicago Marathon, winning the World Athletics Platinum Label road race in 2:09:56 on Sunday (13). Not only did she obliterated Tigist Assefa's world record of 2:11:53, set in Berlin last year, Chepngetich also notched up her third Chicago Marathon victory and chopped more than four minutes off her previous best of 2:14:18, set when winning here in 2022. On a good day for […]

[ad_1] Nairobi — Ruth Chepngetich became the first woman to ever run a marathon in under two hours and 10 minutes, as she broke the world record in a time of 2:09:56 on her way to winning the Chicago Marathon on Sunday. Chepngetich, who had hinted before the race that she would be interested in the Course Record, went further on to break the world mark, breaking Ethiopian Tigst Asefa's mark of 2:11:53 set in September last year in Berlin. […]

[ad_1] Nairobi — Two Kenyan athletes, former Africa Games champion Clement Kemboi, and former World Under-20 champion Kipyegon Bett have died under different circumstances in Iten and Bomet respectively. Bett, an 800m specialist, died at Tenwek Hospital after an illness, while Kemboi's lifeless body was found hanging on a rope off a tree at St. Patrick High School's farm, according to Elgeyo Marakwet Police Commander Peter Mulinge. Bett, who is also a 2017 World bronze medalist had been admitted at […]

[ad_1] Nairobi — The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has slapped an eight-year ban on 2017 Tokyo Marathon winner, Kenyan Sarah Chepchirchir after being found guilty of a second offence of doping. Chepchirchir's urine sample tested positive for the presence of Metabolites of Testosterone at the Bangsaen42 Chonburi Marathon in Chonburi, Thailand last November. This is the second time that the 39-year old was being flagged for a doping offense, having previously served a period of Ineligibility of four years from […]