How bad is the doping Situation in Kenya? Is it exactly how it appears to be? Are there any double standards applied in the fight against doping in Kenya? What motivates Kenyan athletes to dope? This past weekend, the Anti-Doping Workshop for Kenyan Sports Journalists, which took place from July 5th to July 6th, 2024,…
In the few days leading up to the World Athletics Continental Tour event in Nairobi, I got a rare chance to meet Sha’Carri Richardson, the 2017 Pan-America U20 champion and 2019 NCAA champion. Below is my story on how surprised I was to find out that she was so different from what I was expecting.…
Ferdinand Omanyala has, single-handedly, opened up a new opportunity for Kenyan runners. He has shown them that it is possible to excel in the sprints, too, as a Kenyan. The main challenge that the sprinters in Kenya faced for a long time, was that no one believed in the fact that Kenyans could do well…
Is Geoffrey Mutai’s 2011 course record going to withstand the depth of the men’s elite field assembled for this Monday’s Boston Marathon? That is the one question marathon fans are definitely asking themselves as they look forward to an exciting race Of all the course records for the World Marathon Majors, Kenya’s Mutai holds two…
Lotiang’s selfless act When the COVID-19 pandemic struck in early 2020 and most of the runners lost their source of income after races across the world were canceled, John Lotiang was selfless and determined to help his fellow runners in Iten during the hard times. He decided to move out of his own house into…
I spoke with Susan Sirma, the first black African woman to win a track and field medal at the World Championship in 1991 just after the death of Ben Jipcho in 2020. The death of Ben Jipcho Once you win medals for the country and celebrations are over, you are on your own. This seems…
