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Reigning national 200m champion Samuel Chege is determined to spark a new era in Kenya’s sprinting scene, drawing inspiration from Africa’s fastest man, Ferdinand Omanyala, as he targets success in the half-lap.Chege has been in impressive form this season. On Saturday, 18 April, he stormed to victory in the men’s 200m at the Addis Ababa Grand Prix, clocking a personal best of 20.63 seconds.Download our Mozzart Sport App for more newsThe performance saw him edge out national rival Zablon Ekwam. The rising sprinter doubled down on his progress at the same meet, setting another personal best of 10.33 seconds in the 100m. He also impressed with a second-place finish at the Botswana Grand Prix, posting 20.87 seconds.##NAJAVA_MECA_9719966##Now, Chege’s focus shifts to the global stage after earning a spot in Kenya’s 4x100m mixed relay team for the World Athletics Relays set for Saturday, 2 to Sunday, 3 May in Gaborone, Botswana.Chege, who trains under coach Duncan Ayiemba alongside Omanyala..

The Kenya Tourism Board (KTB) has unveiled a special holiday package for Kenyan marathoner Sabastian Sawe in recognition of his historic performance at the 2026 London Marathon.Download our Mozzart Sport app for more newsSawe, the current marathon world record holder, made history by becoming the first man to run a marathon in under two hours, clocking an extraordinary 1:59:30.##NAJAVA_MECA_9712473##The offer, a fully sponsored four-night luxury getaway dubbed the Champion’s Retreat, will allow Sawe to recover at a premier destination of his choice within Kenya.KTB Chief Executive Officer June Chepkemei hailed the achievement, noting that it transcends individual success and reinforces Kenya’s global athletics pedigree.“Sabastian Sawe has elevated Kenya on the global stage, flying our national flag higher at an international platform. London, where this historic feat was achieved, remains one of our key tourism source markets, and such moments resonate strongly with global audiences. S..

Athletics Kenya President Jackson Tuwei has unveiled plans to relocate the federation’s headquarters from the current Riadha House, situated next to Nyayo National Stadium, to a new, purpose-built facility at Kasarani.Download our Mozzart Sport app for more newsRiadha House has served as the administrative hub of Athletics Kenya for decades, having been developed alongside the construction of Nyayo National Stadium in the 1980s. Over the years, it has been synonymous with Kenya’s dominance and global success in athletics.##NAJAVA_MECA_6602##However, the federation is now looking to the future, with an ambitious project already underway to establish a modern headquarters on a 20-acre parcel of land in Kasarani.Tuwei disclosed the plans on Thursday morning at State House, Nairobi, during a ceremony held in honour of world marathon record holder Sabastian Sawe, who made history in London over the weekend.Sabastian Sawe rewarded Ksh8 million, car by President Ruto in heroic welcome at Stat..

World indoor champion Cooper Lutkenhaus will face Kenyan legend Emmanuel Wanyonyi in a world-class men’s 800m at the Wanda Diamond League meeting in Oslo in June.Download our MozzartSport App For More NewsThe teenage sensation Lutkenhaus will face Olympic, world and Diamond League champion Wanyonyi, in what is a star-studded men’s 800m at the Bislett Games on 10 June.Lutkenhaus stormed into the athletics history books at the World Athletics Indoor Championships last month, when he became the youngest world champion in history at the age of just 17.##NAJAVA_MECA_9712264##He is now setting his sights on a first ever Diamond League campaign, where he will take on the world’s best on some of the sport’s biggest stages.Lutkenhaus will make his Diamond League debut in Stockholm on 7 June, before taking on Wanyonyi and others in another world-class field in Oslo three days later.Wanyonyi, Arop, Sedjati headline stellar 800m cast in Stockholm Diamond LeagueWanyonyi has dominated the men’s 800m..

The race is on for the World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest, with competition hotting up to book a place on the plane to Hungary.Paris Olympic champions and Tokyo world champions have sealed their spots but, with the World Athletics Relays and Diamond League getting underway in May, the ultimate battle for qualification will now begin in earnest.Download our MozzartSport App For More NewsThe Ultimate Championship is the end-of-season clash of the titans that features eight track and five field events each for men and women and two mixed relays across three nights of scintillating competition.The list of those already qualified reads like a who’s who of athletics stars. US sprint duo Noah Lyles and Melissa Jefferson-Wooden have both qualified for the 100m and 200m – athletes are not limited to qualifying in just one discipline.Other star names who have locked in their spots for Hungary include Keely Hodgkinson, Mondo Duplantis, Hamish Kerr and Tara Davis-Woodhall.Sabastian ..

New marathon world record holder Sabastian Sawe was on Thursday, 30 April treated to a heroic welcome by Kenyan President William Ruto at State House, Nairobi, in what a celebration of his history-making milestone at the London Marathon last week.Download our MozzartSport App For More NewsSawe, on Sunday, 26 April, shattered the record books in the English capital, when he clocked a jaw dropping 1:59.30, to become the first man in history to run an official full marathon in under two hours.Sabastian Sawe runs under two hours for first time in marathon historyHis performance, which also bested the previous men’s world record of 2:00.35 set by the late Kelvin Kiptum at the 2023 Chicago Marathon, garnered worldwide recognition, with his motherland stopping at nothing to celebrate the moment.On Wednesday, 29 April, the 31-year-old received a water salute upon jetting back into the country aboard a Kenya Airways flight KQ 113 at 8:35 pm, before being embraced by family and dignitaries, who ..

A fresh chapter of the intriguing rivalry between Kenya’s Faith Cherotich and Kenyan-born Bahraini Winfred Yavi will open, for the first time, this year when the two battle in the second Wanda Diamond League meeting of the season in Xiamen on Saturday, 23 May.Download our MozzartSport App For More NewsThe duo, who made the headlines for their exciting head-to-head competition last year, will line up for the 12th time in four Diamond League seasons.They are part of a star-studded 3,000m steeplechase lineup, which will include two Olympic champions, two world champions, and all three medallists from the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.Athlete name drop 🫳Take a look at the list of names that’s been added for the women’s 3000m Steeplechase in #XiamenDL 🇨🇳🗓️ 23 MayFaith Cherotich 🇰🇪Winfred Yavi 🇧🇭Norah Jeruto 🇰🇿Peruth Chemutai 🇺🇬Marwa Bouzayani 🇹🇳#DiamondLeague 💎 pic.twitter.com/nqXGdPJAhE— Wanda Diamond League (@Diamond_League) April 29, 2026 Yavi and Cherotich have dominated the steeplechase in ..

Kenya’s fastest sprinters are set to compete at the World Athletics Relays scheduled for Saturday, 2 and Sunday, 3 May in Gaborone, Botswana.The country will look to be amongst 12 federations that will automatically secure their spots for the 2027 Beijing World Athletics Championships in each of the six events in Gaborone.Download our Mozzart Sport App for more newsGabby Thomas on balancing healthcare career and elite track competitionOn the first day of the event, the top two teams in each of the four heats will advance to the next day’s finals, while also securing their qualification for next year’s global championships. In the finals on day two, teams will compete for prize money and have the chance to obtain preferential World Championships lane seeding positions.Last year, Kenya secured bronze in the mixed 4x400m relay and qualified the men’s 4x100m team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships during the 2025 World Athletics Relays held in Guangzhou, China, and will be keen to ..

Kenya’s Mathew Kipchumba Kipsang has been crowned the men’s champion as Italy’s Nadia Battocletti retains the women’s overall title as the 2025/26 World Athletics Cross Country Tour came to a conclusion.Download our Mozzart Sport App for more newsAthletes are ranked according to their best three cross-country performance scores achieved between September 2025 and March 2026, of which at least two had to come from World Cross Country Tour meetings.Kipsang notched up three victories at Gold level meetings on the tour, winning in Cardiff, Soria and Atapuerca.##NAJAVA_MECA_9712261##He ended the season level with Burundi’s Rodrigue Kwizera at the top of the standings.The two athletes were also tied on points in the cross-country world rankings. While Kwizera had the edge when it came to the total number of cross-country tour races contested, Kipsang had the head-to-head edge, having beaten Kwizera in their two clashes this season.In line with the principles of the tour regulations, the tie ..

For many elite athletes, the track becomes their entire world before they even turn 20. However, for Gabby Thomas, the journey looked very different. Download our Mozzart Sport app for more newsWhile some of her rivals were already signing professional contracts and dedicating every waking hour to sprinting, Thomas was sitting in lecture halls at Harvard University, immersed in neurobiology and global health studies.Today, she stands as one of the most accomplished athletes in the athletics sphere; Olympic champion, world champion, record-breaker, while simultaneously building a career in public health and epidemiology.Sabastian Sawe opens up on how he overcame injury to break marathon recordThomas has become one of the rare modern athletes capable of balancing two demanding worlds at the highest level: elite sport and advanced academia.She graduated from Harvard with a bachelor’s degree in neurobiology and global health before earning a master’s degree in epidemiology from the Univers..