The 2024 World Indoor Championships came to a close on Sunday, March 3 with African athletes managing a decent run to claim a total of nine medals. Compared to the 2022 edition in Belgrade where they had an overall of 13 medals, Africa has only three gold medals, two silver and three bronze medals in Glasgow. Below are the biggest African winners at the 2024 World...
Kenya government, World Athletics excectives, athletes, friends and family paid their final respect to late marathon world record holder Kelvin Kiptum in Kenya on Friday. Kiptum who died alongside his Rwandan coach, Gervais Hakizimana in a car accident on February 11, was buried in his hometown, Chepkorio in Western Kenya. Dignitaries who attended Friday’s funeral include Kenya President, William Ruto and World Athletics President, Sebastian Coe...
Former world record slayer Henry Rono passed away at the age of 72 on Thursday, barely three days after he celebrated his birthday. Rono was renowned for setting four world records in 3,000m, 5,000m, 10,000m and 3,000m steeplechase within 81 days in year 1978. Rono won two gold medals for Kenya in 10,000m and 3,000m steeplechase events at 1978 African Games in Algeris and he followed...
Men's marathon world record holder, Kelvin Kiptum of Kenya has been confirmed dead in a road accident that happened in western Kenya on Sunday. Kiptum bettered Eliud Kipchoge's record to set a new world lead time of 2 hours and 35 seconds in Chicago Marathon last October. Kiptum's car was the only one involved in the crash after it veered off the road around 11pm (Kenyan...
Three-time Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce has revealed she plans to retire after the Paris Games this summer. The 37-year-old Jamaican won the 100 metres title in both 2008 and 2012, and collected a third Olympic gold as part of the Jamaican relay team at Tokyo 2020 Games. Her 2020 title as well as three of her 10 world titles, came after the birth of her son...
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