Post Tagged with: "Athletics"

Follow @Ghettoradio895 The just concluded Athletics Kenya elections saw big wigs being thrown out of the athletic governing body. The biggest shift was orchestrated by Central Region Chairman David Miano who brought the 14-year tenure of Joseph Kinyua as AK treasurer to a halt. Mombasa’s Awale Abdallah also stunned when [...]

Follow @Ghettoradio895 The International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) has made a proposal to build a blood testing centre in Eldoret to be a doping centre that will serve both Kenya and Ethiopia. Kenya is speeding up the process because the doping issue has received a lot of international attention [...]

Follow @Ghettoradio895 Uganda May have spoilt the Party for Kenya after race favorite Abel Kirui and Wilson Kipsang failed to defend the Olympic Marathon title yesterday that was last won by the late Samuel Wanjiru in Beijing. But maybe, just maybe our athletes who crushed Kenya’s dream at the Olympics [...]

Follow @Ghettoradio895 Yesterday night Team Kenya Captain David Rudisha set the first world record at the Olympic Stadium to win 800m Gold in Style. Rudisha made his long term dream come true as he admitted that his aim was to make middle distance legend Seb Coe proud. Last night Coe, [...]

Follow @Ghettoradio895 Hellen Obiri yesterday night (8th August) qualified for the finals of the women 1500m after finishing 5th in heat two of the semi finals with a time of (4:02.30). Obiri began with a good pace in the race that was last won by Nancy Lagat in 2008 in [...]

Follow @Ghettoradio895 As Kenya’s celebrated athletes jet into London, four athletes face extensive doping bans after they tested positive for banned substances. The international association of athlete’s federation-IAAF also confirmed that the four long distance runners will face bans after returning positive from a doping test. Fortunately Kenya can breathe [...]

Follow @Ghettoradio895 Five time world and three times Olympic gold medalist 100m champion Usain Bolt gave a positive assessment of his chances at the London Olympics after recovering from a stiff back and hamstring problems, Fitness concerns have dogged the 25-year-old’s build-up to the Games where he will be defending [...]

Follow @Ghettoradio895 Use of social media like twitter is not only causing problems for football players only but elite athletes as well; latest victim to suffer the wrath of offensive twitter comments is Athlete Paraskevi Papachristou who has been expelled from Greece Olympic team for posting an offensive comment about [...]

Follow @Ghettoradio895 As the world prepares to witness stars in the making at the prestigious London Olympics, Kenyan team will once again be showing its prowess in different fields and will be seeking to cement its name in the Long Distance races where Kenya has always dominated. Kenya has been [...]

Follow @Ghettoradio895 As the Kenyan athletics team adequately prepare to for Olympics, several athletes will be making their debut at the London Olympics having registered impressive results in the national trials. Leading the pack is Hellen Obiri, who will take part in the women’s 1,500meters. Speaking at their residential training [...]