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...
African athletics stars Faith Kipyegon (Kenya), Marie Josee Ta Lou-Smith (Ivory Coast) and Tsige Duguma (Ethiopia) all emerged as winners of their respective events at the inaugural all-female ATHLOS meet in New York on Thursday. The athletics meet, which was organised by Serena William’s husband, Alexis Ohanian, was held at the 5,000-capacity Icahn Stadium with the sole purpose of shining the light on women athletes across...
The Kenyan duo of Beatrice Chebet and Faith Kipyegon finished first and second, respectively, to claim the gold and silver medals in the final of the women's 5000m race at the Paris 2024 Olympics on Monday. Chebet, a bronze medallist from the World Athletics Championships in Budapest in 2023, stunned the rest of the field to claim a maiden title at the Olympics in a time...
The 2024 Paris Olympics is the 33rd edition of the prestigious Games which brings athletes from various countries together for a common goal of earning a podium finish. Over the years, established athletes have shone on the biggest of stages as expected, while the Games have also served up numerous emerging talents along the way. With the much-anticipated Paris Games already on the way, Afrosport highlights...
Team Kenya are building up to the commencement of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games with the departure of the first batch of athletes on Sunday evening. The East African country will have 83 athletes compete in six sports in Paris - athletics, rugby sevens, judo, fencing, swimming and volleyball, two fewer than the 85 athletes who participated in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Kenya's Sevens Rugby team...
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