Kenya’s Emmanuel Wanyonyi produced a blistering performance to win the men’s 800m at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Afrosport reports. The 21-year-old set a champions record of 1:41.86 to claim the gold medal, an improvement on the silver he won in last time out in Budapest in 2023. Wanyonyi employed the same tactics that earned him Olympic gold in Paris last year – leading from...
Kenya's Emmanuel Wanyonyi was in inspired form at the Monaco Diamond League on Friday, dominating the rest of the field to win the men's 800-metre event, Afrosport reports. Wanyonyi, 20, led the race from start to finish at Stade Louis II before crossing the line in a world leading time of 1:41.44, the 10th fastest time in history. Trailing the Paris Olympic gold medallist was World...
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...
Botswana's Letsile Tebogo and Kenya's Emmanuel Wanyonyi starred at the Lausanne Diamond League in Switzerland on Thursday. Tebogo, the 200m Olympic champion at the Paris Games, beat the rest of the field to win the 200m race in an impressive time of 19.64 seconds. "The most important thing for me is that even after such achievements like the ones I did at the Olympics, at the...
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