Athletics Kenya

Olympic star Mercy Cherono calls for more female coaches

Reading Time: 2 minutes Former Commonwealth Games 5,000m champion Mercy Cherono has urged Athletics Kenya to increase the number of female coaches in the […]

Athletes call for training camps in Bomet

Reading Time: 2 minutes Athletes have asked Athletics Kenya (AK) to help develop camps that will be used for training and also improve on […]

Athletics Kenya to convene athletes’ forum

Reading Time: 2 minutes Athletics Kenya will this year hold consultative meetings in more than 10 zones with the aim of reaching out to […]

All athletics events suspended as police pursue Agnes Tirop’s husband in connection to her murder

Reading Time: 2 minutes All athletics events in the country have been suspended for two weeks in honour of fallen athlete Agnes Tirop. In […]

Nandi lawmaker Cherargei wants answers into why Kenya was beaten in their traditional 3,000m race in Rio

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Kenyan senate is pushing for an independent investigation into the manner in which Team Kenya was handled before, during […]

Tributes pour in for Sports Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed Amina’s late husband

Reading Time: < 1 minute National Olympic Committee of Kenya president Paul Tergat yesterday sent  his condolences to the family of Sports Cabinet Secretary Amina […]

Yego quits as captain of the Athletics Kenya squad

Reading Time: 2 minutes Yego quits as captain of the squad, attempts by Athletics Kenya to axe qualified Etyang from Olympics-bound group elicits sharp […]

Obiri only athlete set to double in Tokyo

Reading Time: 2 minutes Two-time world 5,000m champion Hellen Obiri will be the only Kenyan athlete who will double at the  Tokyo Olympic Games. […]

Big casualties as Athletics Kenya names Games team

Reading Time: < 1 minute Olympics 3,000m steeplechase champion Conseslus Kipruto and world 1,500m champion Timothy Cheruiyot were the biggest casualties as Athletics Kenya named […]

AK banking on foreign runners to push relays team

Reading Time: 2 minutes Athletics Kenya is hopeful the presence of foreign athletes at the Olympic trials will help Kenya’s relay teams attain qualifying […]