Kenya’s Ministry of Sports, Culture and Heritage has placed a one-month international travel ban on their athletes. On March 9, a letter was sent informing presidents of all Kenyan sporting organizations that their athletes will not be permitted to travel to international competitions for the “safeguard of the public and the country at large.”
“A number of things never added up with him from his story, how he randomly popped up at races, trained solo and at his age, was taking on the best in our sport who were 15-20 years younger,” Troop tweeted. “The constant replies were that he was a nice guy.” - Lee Troop
On April 17, renowned marathoner Eliud Kipchoge will run in the Boston Marathon for the first time in his career. The organization in charge of supervising road running and other sports, World Athletics, will not consider Kipchoge's potential attempt to break his own world record as an official record.
As the ASICS Festival of Running swept through Paris, the city was treated to an incredible exhibition of agility as the streets were lit up with unprecedented speed and endurance. This inaugural event, which drew over a hundred athletes from around the world, was historic for the competitive running community.
Mark your calendars for the exhilarating 2024 Boston Marathon, slated to unfold on Patriots’ Day, Monday, April 15. Athletes will charge from the starting line starting at 9:02 a.m., with the men's wheelchair division igniting the action, followed by waves of participants until 11:15 a.m. The frontrunners from the professional men's and women's divisions are anticipated to triumphantly cross the finish line around 11:45 a.m. and 12 p.m. respectively.
SYDNEY– Thousands of runners took to the streets of Western Sydney this morning, taking part in the extraordinary community fun run, NAB RunWest. Following a turbulent year in 2020, the Western Sydney community turned out in force, with over 4,000 participants crossing the finish line, marking the largest mass participation event in Australia since the pandemic first hit.
former Australian 1500m record holder and two-time Olympian Ryan Gregson, has won the Noosa Bolt. He narrowly beat hom Jack Bruce, with Louis McAfee third.
Jacob Kiplimo, the reigning world cross-country champion from Uganda, made an emphatic return to the racing scene by delivering an outstanding performance at the NN Zevenheuvelenloop in Nijmegen on Sunday. Kiplimo's display equaled the world's 15-kilometer record, clocking an impressive time of 41 minutes and 5 seconds.
The explosion killed three people, including 8-year-old Martin Richard, 23-year-old Lingzi Lu, and 29-year-old Krystle Campbell, and injured over 200 others. Among those injured, 17 people lost limbs. In the aftermath of the attack, survivors and responders experienced emotional and psychological trauma that surfaced in the following weeks and months.
Kenya's Rosemary Wanjiru and Ethiopia's Deso Gelmisa emerged victorious in the women's and men's categories, respectively, at the Tokyo Marathon, held on Sunday, March 5, 2023.
