National Olympic Committee of Kenya Stories
NOC-K President Paul Tergat announced the decision in a virtual meeting of the Committee's executive, noting that the exercise, originally slated for...
Full details are yet to be revealed but, as with her compatriot's 1:59:40.2 marathon in Vienna in 2019, she is likely to be aided by "in and out" pace...
The event did not officially allow women to compete until 1972, though female runners had unofficially participated beginning in 1966 despite breachin...
Coventry shows how sport can temporarily transcend racial divides and how politics reframes those divides. Her whiteness was palatable only because it...
She is Africa’s most decorated Olympian of all time. She won seven medals across the 2004 Athens Games and the 2008 Beijing Games.
Coventry, who is also Zimbabwe's Minister of Sport, Art, and Recreation, also became the first African to hold the prestigious position after winning...
Born in 1983 in Harare, Zimbabwe, Coventry is the most decorated African Olympian, having won multiple Olympic medals and broken several world records...
The Kenya National Paralympic Committee (KNPC) and the government are pledging significant changes to enhance the country's performance in para-sports...
Ethiopian athletics icon Kenenisa Bekele, making a remarkable return to the Olympics at the age of 42, finished 39th in the men’s marathon at the 2024...
Despite Kenya’s historic strength in athletics, data from the 2024 Paris Olympics reveals a pressing need for the country to diversify its sporting fo...
Kenya's impressive haul of 11 medals at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games highlights both its enduring strength in athletics and the pressing need to diver...
As the 2024 Paris Olympic Games close, attention turns to Los Angeles 2028, where marathon legend Eliud Kipchoge is expected to take on a new role bey...
Team Kenya bagged a total of 11 medals including 4 gold, two silver and 5 bronze at the just concluded Paris 2024 Olympics.
It was not all glory as Kipyegon revealed that she underwent emotional turmoil which could have cost her the silver medal during the women's 5,000-met...
Kenya's triumphant return from the 2024 Paris Olympics has set the stage for a grand celebration in Eldoret, where the country's medalists will be h...
The continent has never staged an Olympic Games. Cairo last made an unsuccessful bid for the 2008 Olympics.
Winfred Mutile Yavi, originally from Kenya and now representing Bahrain, claimed gold in the women’s 3,000 metres steeplechase at the Paris 2024 Olymp...
Ethiopian-born Dutch Sifan Hassan won gold in the women's marathon at the #ParisOlympics2024 as Ethiopian Tigst Assefa comes second to bag silver. Ken...
Norwegian Jakob Ingebrigtsen won gold in a season best time of 13:13.66.
Faith Kipyegon broke her own Olympic record to win a third consecutive gold medal in the women's 1 500 metres in a time of 3:51.29.
Emmanuel Wanyonyi wins Kenya's third gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games after winning the 800 metres final with a time of 1:41.19
Kenyan Benson Kipruto finished third to bag bronze in the men's marathon at the ongoing Paris Olympics
The men's marathon is on Saturday morning from 9AM EAT while the women's marathon will be on Sunday at the same time
Kenyan Beatrice Chebet won the 10,000m final on Friday having previously won the 5000m gold to secure a historic double
Cyclist Ese Lovina Ukpeseraye's story of borrowing a bike from the German team has sparked widespread concern about Nigeria's preparedness, while othe...
Emmanuel Wanyonyi won his heat race to qualify for Saturday's final while his compatriot Wycliffe Kinyamal fell short after finishing third in his sem...
Having already won the gold medal in the women’s 5 000 metres at the Paris Olympic Games on Monday night, the 24-year old Beatrice Chebet is now on th...
There is no denying that with his performance in Paris, Yego will be motivated to go on
Faith Kipyegon and Susan Ejore will represent Team Kenya in the final of the 1500m at the ongoing Paris Olympics
Emmanuel Wanyonyi and Wycliffe Kinyamal are Kenya's remaining hopes in the men's 800 metres at the 2024 Paris Olympics after Koitatoi Kidali failed to...
