Author: Justin Lagat
How the medal table will most likely look at the end of the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Oregon
Here is how the medal table will look at the end of the Oregon 2022 World Athletics Championships; backed by the seasonal best performances of the athletes. Yes, I would agree that it is not straightforward that athletes with world-leading performances end up as gold medalists in the upcoming major championships, but it could be…
Emmanuel Wanyonyi is on track to accomplish his Olympic and World dreams
Emmanuel Wanyonyi has successfully made his entrance into the senior category of the men’s 800m event and has so far remained unbeaten since winning the Kip Keino Continental Tour Gold meeting in Nairobi in May, to winning his Diamond League debut race in Ostrava and following it up with another diamond league win in Rabat.…
Felix Kirwa and Tsige Haileslase triumph at the 2022 Adidas Stockholm Marathon
The 2022 Adidas Stockholm Marathon happened on Saturday 4th June. In an interesting race that had a dramatic turn of events in the men’s race that would cost the lead runner the course record, two debutants emerged top in the women’s race as Felix Kirwa of Kenya fought all the obstacles thrown at him, including…
Korikwiang’s awaited debut finally happened at the 2022 Adidas Stockholm Marathon
Pauline Korikwiang’s long wait To be able to finally announce her marathon debut – and be hours away from running – is something that makes her exceedingly happy, almost emotional. It has been a long arduous journey full of injury setbacks for Pauline Korikwiang to finally get ready to run the marathon distance after a…
A 2-day eye-opening World Athletics Media Development Program in Nairobi, Kenya
It was such a great opportunity for me to be part of a group of journalists that attended a special World Athletics Media Development Program event that happened at the La Mada Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya from the 5th to the 7th of May, 2022. As the Kip Keino Classic World Continental Tour meeting in…
Chepngetich runs historic 2:17:18 to win Nagoya Women’s Marathon
Waking up at night to watch the Nagoya Women’s Marathon did not go to waste as Chepngetich ran another memorable race to win and set a new course record. Below is the story I did about the race for RunBlogRun Waking up early to watch Chepngetich run Kenyan fans are getting used to waking up…