Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet secured a remarkable double by winning the women’s 5000m at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Afrosport reports. The 25-year-old, who also won the 10,000m event a week ago, claimed victory in 14:54.36 to achieve the same feat she did at the Paris 2024 Olympics. She ended her hunt for a first world title, having already won silver and bronze at Eugene in...
Kenya's Beatrice Chebet shattered the world record to win the women's 5000m event at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene on Saturday, Afrosport reports. Chebet, who also set a meet record, clocked a time of 13:58.06, becoming the first woman in history to run under 14 minutes on track in the 5000m race. The 25-year-old, a double gold medallist at the Paris 2024 Olympics, broke the previous...
South African sprinter Akani Simbine has maintained his unbeaten streak in the 2025 Athletics season with a win in the men’s 100-metre race at the Rabat Diamond League in Morocco on Sunday, Afrosport reports. Simbine, who is the fastest man in the world this season, clocked a time of 9.95 seconds, beating Kenya’s Ferdinand Omanyala, who finished second in 10.05s, while American Fred Kerley settled for...
The 2024 calendar year was an eventful one for Athletics particularly as it had the biggest event in the Paris 2024 Olympics. The global sporting event is incomplete without setting remarkable feats and records and Afrosport takes a lot some of the most noteworthy individuals and the moments that set them apart. Moments of the year Tebogo claims historic 200 metres Olympic gold Letsile Tebogo was...
Botswana's sprint king Letsile Tebogo and Kenya's Emmanuel Wanyonyi have been nominated for the prestigious World Athletics Male Track Athlete of the Year award, Afrosport reports. Tebogo made history when he became the first African to win a gold medal in the men's 200 metres. Wanyonyi, on the other hand, has been a dominant force in the 800 metres, winning the gold medal in Paris. Both...
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