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Kenya’s Sabastian Sawe won his first Berlin marathon on Sunday in a Season’s Best time of two hours, two minutes and 16 seconds, to make it three wins in three races over the distance but his world record attempt failed on a humid day. Japan’s Akasaki Akira was a surprise second after a powerful second…
Kenya held trials for the World Athletics Championships on Tuesday under the cloud of renewed doping concerns after women’s marathon world record holder Ruth Chepngetich was provisionally suspended last week. Chepngetich, 30, tested positive for the banned diuretic hydrochlorothiazide on March 14, according to the Athletics Integrity Unit. It threatens to destroy a career that…
Kenyan athletes are to be drug-tested thrice to qualify for selection to this summer’s world championships in Tokyo as the country struggles to shake off its doping scandals, authorities said Wednesday. Athletics Kenya (AK) chief Jackson Tuwei said a pool of 444 contenders for the championships have been identified for the testing programme, which will…
Double Olympic champion Beatrice Chebet smashed the women’s 5km world record with a time of 13 minutes 54 seconds at the Cursa dels Nassos road race in Barcelona on Tuesday as she finished a blockbuster year on a high. The Kenyan beat her previous record – set a year ago to the day at the…
