athletes Stories

World Athletics introduces genetics testing to verify female athletes

Erick Kariuki | Mar 25, 2025

Coe confirmed that World Athletics would implement a one-time cheek swab or dry blood test, which he described as non-invasive, in an effort to ensure...

Record-breaking performances propel Omanyala and Wanyonyi to Paris Olympics

Rama Mohammed | Jun 15, 2024

Omanyala ran world-leading 100m time as Emmanuel Wanyonyi broke the 800m record on the final day of the Kenya Olympics trials at the Nyayo National St...

Beatrice Chebet smashes 10,000 metres World Record at the Prefontaine Classic

Michael Kirwa | May 25, 2024

Her performance today serves as a warning to her fellow competitors about her coming of age, and if her recent results, which were mesmerizing at Hayw...

Kelvin Kiptum, Agnes Tirop and others: Kenyan athletes who died in their prime

Mary Wambui | Feb 12, 2024

Among them are Agnes Tirop, Samuel Wanjiru, Nicholas Bett and Richard Chelimo.

Kenya's Michael Saruni gets 4-year ban for 'trickery' in doping test

Agency | Feb 06, 2024

The 28-year-old is among 44 athletes, footballers, swimmers and bodybuilders who were handed bans ranging from one year to life by an ADAK disciplinar...

'Sterling, absolutely phenomenal': Kenyans celebrate athlete Agnes Ng'etich

Eastleigh Voice Reporter | Jan 14, 2024

National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang’ula wrote that Ng’etich’s performance was “absolutely phenomenal”.

Paris 2024 Olympics: Russian athletes given green light to participate as neutrals

Agency | Dec 09, 2023

The IOC's executive board "decided that Individual Neutral Athletes (AINs) who have qualified through the existing qualification systems of the Intern...