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Shape of Kenya Track & Field team for 2019 African Games – Rabat, Morocco Aug 16-31

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ATHLETICS Kenya said selection would be based on first two placings in the trials, provided achieving ‘qualifying standard (Q)’ set by African Games. Third slot to be decided by AK. KEY: *Automatic slot + Met qualifying conditions, subject to AK decision for slot  WOMEN: 100m Women Final, QS  11.7/11.94:, 1 522 Eunice Kadogo (Police) 11.98 …

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Wake up call for Kenya after sole win in Shanghai in meeting

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Kenyan medallists: 2017 IAAF World Championships: MEN: 800m: 3 Bronze, Kipyegon Bett (1:45.21) 1,500m: 1 Gold, Elijah Manang’oi (3:33.61), 2 Silver, Timothy Cheruiyot (3:33.99) 10,000m: 3 Bronze, Paul Tanui (26.50.01) Marathon:  1 Gold, Geoffrey Kirui, (2:08:06) 3,000m steeplechase: 1 Gold, Conseslus Kipruto (8:14.12) Women: 1,500m: 1 Gold, Faith Kipyegon (4:02.59) 5,000m: 1 Gold, Hellen Obiri …

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What Mary Keitany’s little girl had for Pope Francis when they met in Rome

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KENYA’S Mary Keitany and her family met Pope Francis in the Vatican on Tuesday. Mary, 37,  is the world record holder in a women-only marathon, having won the 2017 London Marathon in a time of 2:17:01. But the spotlight of the moment in the rare meeting with the Pope was Mary’s young girl, Assumpta Cherop, …

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Well done, guys: Kenyans shine at Penn Relays, never mind Brigid, Kipchoge feat in London

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IN a top class relay meet, Kenyan boys have beaten USA, Jamaica and Canada! Kenya is not just about marathons, after all. In any case, some marathoners were not having such a good time this weekend; in Hamburg (Germany) where the Ethiopians were supreme. But well done, first, Brigid Koskei the women’s winner in London …

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Kenyans bruised in Aarhus as World X-C breathes new thrilling life; IAAF promise changes

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EVEN to a lot of Kenyan track and field followers the 5,000m races, especially men’s, in the annual IAAF Diamond League are a complete bore. The commentators on races loaded with fields of up to nine Kenyans out of 13 make it sound like a “staged” affair; almost like the deceitful WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment). …

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Red-hot Saruni: ‘I will not run slower than this till October’

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MICHAEL Saruni, the man from Eldama Ravine, Baringo County, coached by 1988 Olympic champion Paul Ereng’ and was controversially shut out of the Kenya team to the World Athletics Championships in London in 2017 has just set the world alight. He is now the second fastest man ever in the indoor 800m ((1:43.25 pb), bettered …

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Kipchoge, Chepkoech nominated for IAAF honours

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KENYA’S Eliud Kipchoge, Emmanuel Korir, Tim Cheruiyot and Beatrice Chepkoech have been nominated for the IAAF (International Association of Athletic Federations) annual awards. Eliud Kipchoge: Men’s marathon world record (powerful 2:01:40), Berlin 16-09-2018 Beatrice Chepkoech: World record in the women’s 3000m steeplechase by 8 seconds ( 8:44.32 Diamond League meet in Monaco, 20 July 2018) …

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