Kenya is the pre-eminent Olympic nation in Africa. Kenyan runners boast more gold medals than any other African nation across all sports. The rise of its athletes has inspired Kenya and the world, ...

RIGA (01-Oct) -- With a dozen total medals (five gold) Kenya topped the medal table at the inaugural World Athletics Road Running Championships here this afternoon. In cool, sunny and breezy ...

PARIS — On the eve of the biggest race of her life, 21-year-old Lornah Kiplagat left home with only spare change in her pocket. She journeyed more than six hours on a crowded bus, storefronts and ...

A nation synonymous with distance running was given a multimillion-dollar choice: Get serious about antidoping efforts, or get banned from world sports. By Tariq Panja Reporting from Paris No country ...

It's no secret that Kenyan runners are some of the fastest and most awarded in the world. Names like Eliud Kipchoge and David ...

Few expect Rudisha, who hails from Africa's Maasai tribe, to dent the world record of 1:40.91 set in London, the zenith of his illustrious career. David Rudisha reacts. Athletics - Rio 2016 Olympic ...

Agnes Tirop was a 25-year-old rising professional distance runner who represented Kenya at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the women’s 5,000-meters. One month after she competed in her first Olympic Games, ...