Double double, toil and trouble….The mantra of the witches from ‘Macbeth’ may be about to cast a spell over Kenyan endurance running.... Read more
Successfully completing his back-to-back defences of his two World cross country titles at the 31st IAAF World Cross Country Championships, crowned Kenenisa Bekele as the greatest cross-country runner in the 100-year international history of the sport.... Read more
Edith Masai of Kenyan defended her short course (4km) title in style at the 31st IAAF World Cross Country Championships by out-sprinting Ethiopia’s Worknesh Kidane, the winner of the long course (8km) gold 24 hours earlier.... Read more
After the Ethiopian dominance of the individual titles on the first day of the 31st IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Lausanne-La Broye, some Kenyan pride was restored with the blistering sprint finish win of Eliud Kipchoge in the men’s junior race.... Read more
In an athletics world of increasingly minute attention to training detail, diet, and precision preparation, it was heartening to learn that Kenenisa Bekele has got a life. He was sufficiently laid back and confident to take a boat trip on the eve of his memorable successful defence of the IAAF World short course cross-country title today.... Read more