Author: Justin Lagat
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…
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…