History was made at the Florence Diamond League on Friday as Kenya's middle-distance runner Faith Kipyegon set a new world record to win the women's 1500m event. The Olympic Games and World 1500m champion shattered the previous record held by Ethiopia's Genzebe Dibaba in 2015 after winning Friday's race with a time of 3 minutes and 49.11 seconds. She fended off competition from Britian's Laura Muir...
Just like the early Saturday morning rain that washed away the dusty surfaces in the hilly town of Okpekpe in Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo state, so was the feat of Kenya's Daniel Ebenyo whose first attempt at the Okpekpe 10km Road Race erased the 28:35 course record with a time of 28:28 minutes. Ebenyo, who was a pre-race favourite having risen to be...
Nigeria's sprint star, Udodi Onwuzurike qualified for the men's 100m event at the 2023 World Athletics Championships after running a personal best of 9.92 seconds on Friday. Onwuzurike had a commanding performance in Sacramento as he led the men's 100m quarter-finals of the American National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) West Preliminaries. The 20-year-old who schools in Stanford University is now the first Nigerian to run a...
The Nigerian contingent in Tunisia began their campaign at the 2023 Senior Africa Weightlifting Championship by winning six medals on Monday. 2022 Commonwealth Gold medalist Lawal Rufiatu grabbed headlines as she lifted 95kilos in snatch, 122kilos in Clean & Jerk and 217kilos in total to win all the three gold medals in the category to finish the day with three gold medals in the 59 kilometre...
It was thrilling weekend of action on the track and field of the Moi International Sports Centre in Nairobi as top athletes from around the world converge for the 2023 Kip Keino Classic. The Kip Keino Classic is the third stop of the World Athletics Continental Gold Tour and it produced some dominat displays from the stars. Home-boy and Africa's fastets man Ferdinand Omanyala set a...
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