Two big sponsors boost Athletics Kenya with KES 15 million for this weekend’s national trials

Absa Kenya, the financial institution that has been working closely with the Kip Keino Classic World Athletics Continental Tour Gold event, will be one of the main sponsors for the Athletics Kenya World Championships/Commonwealth Games national trials this weekend. Absa Bank Kenya will sponsor the trials with 12 million Kenyan shillings and is part of…

Gabriyesos to lead six-member Athlete Refugee Team for World Athletics Championships Oregon22

Here is a PRESS RELEASE from the World Athletics Championships Oregon 2022 organization Tokyo Olympian Tachlowini Gabriyesos will lead a six-member Athlete Refugee Team (ART) to next month’s World Athletics Championships Oregon22. Gabriyesos, 24, made waves one year ago when he finished 16th in the Olympic marathon in Sapporo, beating some of the world’s best marathoners.…

Yavi produces jaw-dropping world-leading performance at the 2022 Paris Diamond League meeting

Perhaps, due to the Kenyan national trials happening on Friday and Saturday, Kenyan runners – except for Virginia Nyambura who was pacing the women’s 3000m steeplechase, and Rosefline Chepngetich who was competing – did not feature much at the Paris Diamond League meeting tonight. Yavi’s amazing race Bahrain’s Winfred Yavi was clearly in her own…

Athletics Kenya selection criteria for World Athletics Championships and Commonwealth Games; Korir explains 4 critical areas to check

Speaking to Moja sports on a live Facebook interview, Barnaba Korir who is the Athletics Kenya Nairobi branch chairman and head of the youth development committee in the country spoke on the Athletics Kenya selection criteria that will be used to get the team to represent the country in the upcoming major global event; the…