A record 150 countries have entered teams for the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Doha Qatar. This exceeds by three the number of countries that participated in the event two years ago in Valencia Spain.
As at the March 1st deadline for entries, the IAAF disclosed in Monaco that 374 men 283 women and 477 […]
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Kenya Mark Bett led from start to the finish to claim victory at the Almond Blossom Cross Country race in Lisbon Portugal on Sunday.
Bett covered the distance in 35 minutes and 20 seconds. Perhaps the most impressive victory was that of Ana Dylce Felix (26:09) whose cross the finish line over half a minute ahead […]
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Kenya’s Wilson Kiprop and Atsede Bayisa were crowned winners at the Paris Half Marathon in the French capital on Sunday.
Such was the strong headwind that the lead group of five saved run cautiously saving their best for last. In the final sprint for the finish line Kiprop (1:01.26) prevailed over Ethiopians Lelisa Desisa (1:01.28) and […]
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South Africa’s former World Champions in high jump Jacque Freitag made a quiet return to the sport after a four year absence.
Remember Jacque Freitag?
He cleared the bar at a height of 2.35m to claim the gold medal in the men’s high jump at the 2003 World Athletics Championships in Paris France. That earned him a […]
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Kenyan Jackson Kotut and Debele Wudnesh of Ethiopia won their races at the Barcelona Marathon in Spain on Sunday.
Jackson Kotut established a new course record of 2 hours 7 minutes and 37 seconds (2:07:37). In a similar vein, Ethiopian Debele Wudnesh Nega won in women’s race in a new course record of 2:31:51.
Kotut’s time […]
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