Athletics

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Kenyan athlete Agnes Ngetich broke the 10km world record in Valencia on Sunday, shaving 28 seconds off the previous mark to become the first woman to run the distance in under 29 minutes. Ngetich clocked a time of 28:46, breaking Yalemzerf…

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Former Tokyo Marathon winner Sarah Chepchirchir has been provisionally suspended after failing a doping test for the banned drug testosterone, the Athletics Integrity Unit said on Thursday. Chepchirchir, who won the 2017 Tokyo Marathon,…

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Ethiopian runner Tigist Ketema broke the world record for fastest marathon debut in Dubai on Sunday, shaving more than a minute off the course record. Clocking a time of 2:16:07, the 25-year-old became the eighth fastest woman in marathon…

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Athlete Kelvin Kiptum has enjoyed a remarkable 2023, breaking the men's marathon world record and the Kenyan now wants to run the first sub-two-hour marathon in Rotterdam next April. In October, running in just his third marathon, Kiptum…

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Kenyan double Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge will take part in the Tokyo Marathon in March, his NN Running Team said on Thursday. Kipchoge reasserted himself as one of the all-time greats of the sport, after winning the men’s marathon…

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Ethiopia’s Gebresilase Abadi Haftamu and Belay Minsewo Abensah won the men's and women’s titles at the ECOWAS Abuja International Marathon, held in Nigeria's capital city. In the men’s half marathon, Haftamu stormed to victory to secure…

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About 2, 500 local and international athletes are set to participate in the 2nd edition of the ECOWAS Abuja International Half Marathon, scheduled to take place Saturday, 16th December, 2023 in Nigeria's Capital City. The ECOWAS Director…

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Ugandan middle-distance runner Janat Chemusto has been banned for four years after the 25-year-old tested positive for a prohibited substance, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) announced. The AIU said in a statement that Chemusto had…

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Ethiopian athlete Tigst Assefa shattered the women's marathon world record at the Berlin Marathon on Sunday, lopping off more than two minutes from the previous best to clock an official time of two hours 11 minutes and 53 seconds. Assefa,…

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The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said it has started the process of challenging the decision to clear Nigerian athlete Tobi Amusan of doping violations, after the body charged her with three whereabout failures in July before she was…