Women World Record For 10 KM Broken Again With Kenyans Finishing Second and Third Respectively.
Tokyo Olympics silver medallist in 10,000m race, Kalkidan Gezahegne from Bahrain destroyed the women only 10km world record at the Giants Geneva 10K Race that was held on Sunday (3) in Geneva, Switzerland. The 30-year-old who was running her fourth road race of her career, reached the half-way point in a time of 14:46 and she was five-second ahead of two Kenyans, Celliphine Chespol and Agnes Tirop, who last month set a women-only world record of 30:01 for the 10km distance.
Hellen Obiri breaks her record in the diamond league as she grabs a medal
Diamond league is ongoing and Kenyans have not been left out. The competition in the races has seen many young athletes step up to prove their worth. Two hours ago, a Kenyan 5000 metres champion Hellen Obiri broke her personal record as she attempted to outwit the Burundian Niyonsaba.
Faith Kipyegon Holds Off Sifan Hassan as Timothy Cheruiyot Stuns Jakob Ingebrigtsen in Zurich
World 1500m Champion in the Women's category Faith Kipyegon had to withstand a stern competition from the Dutch record holder Sifan Hassan in the Wanda Diamond League in Zurich. Kipyegon now completes a double over the former Algerian national after holding out the 10,000m Olympic Champion. Faith stopped the clock at 3.58.33, just a metre ahead of Sifan who clocked 3.58.55.
Eliud Kipchoge, Faith Kipyegon Fail To Be Crowned As World Athletes of The Year, See Who Was Crowned
The World Athletics Awards ceremony happened last night 1 December 2021 but was conducted virtually. This award ceremony was a celebration to honour individuals and organisations all around the world, who have performed exemplary in what has been a very challenging year in the world of sports due to cancellation and postponement of some sporting events.
Faith Kipyegon wins her gold medal in the diamond league again.
Good evening and welcome to my daily sports updates. Tap on the follow link on the top right corner if you haven't done so to receive more news updates. Kenyan steeplechase women participant Norah Cheruto has surprised the world by winning her first ever gold medal in the diamond league.
Faith Kipyegon vs Sifan Hassan: Age, Personal Bests, Medal Records
If there's anything like knowing each other inside and out in athletics, then Faith Kipyegon and Sifan Hassan probably know each other way too well. For the many times the have competed in the 1500 metres race, they would say that they know each other's strength, weakness and technique in every meter they cross, every pace and weather condition they compete in.
Why Kenyan athletes performed well in the Diamond League than Olympic games
Kenyan athletes performed well in the recently concluded diamond league in Zurich. When we compare with their performance in Tokyo Olympic games, there is a big difference between the two performances.What could be the reason behind their incredible performance?. Today I am privileged to let you know why we performed well.
Triple Olympic Medalist and Champion To Target World Record Today
Triple Olympic medallist, Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands had an incredible six races in eight days which yielded to two golds and a bronze in Tokyo; you would be forgiven for thinking she might need a break. Hassan has had a brilliant year when she smashed Almaz Ayana’s world record from Rio 2016 by over 10 seconds in Hengelo in June, but Ethiopia’s Letesenbet Gidey went five seconds quicker on the same track in just two days later.
Top Fastest Women In The World 2021
Athletic is one of the best paying career in the world and women have been keeping best and good records. Am going to share with you some of the fastest women in the world 2021. When it comes to 100m sprint, Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce is the fastest woman in the world.
How Sifan Hassan started
Hassan arrived in the Netherlands on her own as an asylum seeker in 2008. Little is known about her life in Ethiopia or what compelled her mother to send the adolescent on the perilous journey. Hassan spent the first eight months of his life in a refugee center for minors in the country's north.
Triple Olympic Medalist Threatens World Record In Brussels
Triple Olympic medallist, Sifan Hassan threatened the world record again in the One Mile race that was held on Friday Night at the Allianz Memorial Van Damme in the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels, Belgium. The 28-year-old who had finally admitted that her body could no longer handle a 10,000m race at the moment, could not trouble her own world record of 4:12.33 set in Monaco in July 2019.
Faith Kipyegon Named Among World Female Athlete of the Year Awards
Good evening and welcome to my daily sports updates. Tap on the follow link on the top right corner if you haven't done so to receive more news updates. Welcome. Kenyan 1500 metres champion Faith Kipyegon has been named among the world female athlete of the year awards.
Who is Sifan Hassan?
Hassan arrived in the Netherlands on her own as an asylum seeker in 2008. Little is known about her life in Ethiopia or what compelled her mother to send the adolescent on the perilous journey. Hassan spent the first eight months of his life in a refugee center for minors in the country's north.
Sports: Kipyegon In The Final List Of Female Athlete Of The Year, See Who Else Is In The list
Olympic 1,500m champion Faith Kipyegon went one step further to become the first Kenyan to win the female athlete of the year award in world athletics. Kipyegon made the final list of the five nominees ahead of the award ceremony which will be held virtually on December 1. Despite Kenya's unparalleled dominance in athletic prowess, the award has eluded the country since its inception in 1988.
Agnes Tirop: Emotional Moment as Kenyan Top Athlete is Laid to Rest.
The burial ceremony for Kenya's 2015 World race champion Agnes Jebet Tirop is underway at her parents direct Kapnyamisa Village, Mosoriot in Nandi County. Tirop, who was found dead in her house last week in Iten, Elgeyo Marakwet County, was at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics where she finished fourth within the 5,000 metres final won by Sifan Hassan of European country.
Faith kipyegon beats again Sifan Hassan at Diamond league in Zurich.
Faith kipyegon beats again Sifan Hassan with a time of a time of 3:58:33 to win diamond league in Zurich. Sifan Hassan came in second. The two Tokyo winners meet again over 1500m in the Diamond League final in Zurich on Thursday 9 September 2021 today but Faith retained her title.
Diamond League: Faith Kipyegon, The Queen Of 1500M Has Polished Her Crown In Zurich
Faith Kipyegon outdid Sifan Hassan to win the 1500 metres women's finals in Zurich last evening with a time of 3:58:33. Faith Kipyegon proved to be too strong for Sifan Hassan who also put in a good fight but Faith crossed the line first and fast. The double Olympic champion in the 1500 metres is now the Diamond League champion.
Your Dreams Are Valid, Kipyegon Tells Mothers After This Special Success
Two-time Olympic 1500m champion Faith Kipyegon said her track success this year proves that women can overcome the challenges of childbirth and achieve greatness in their respective passions. Kipyegon said her gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics in August had confronted her with the reality she had achieved so far beyond the track.
Kenyan Women Athlete Pockets Ksh 3 Million in Diamonds League Final Held In Zurich.
Olympic 1500m champion Faith Kipyegon denied Sifan Hassan the chance to add another trophy on her cabinet at the finals of the Wanda Diamond League series that were held yesterday Thursday 9th September 2021 in Zurich. Kipyegon who set the Olympic record over the distant taught the triple Olympic medallist champion a lesson as she closed the season on high note when she slug it out in a brilliant way and kept her nose in front to win her first Diamond Trophy since 2017.
Millions await emotional Norah Jeruto after winning her first ever diamond league trophy in Zurich
Norah Jeruto stormed to victory in the diamond league after an impressive 9.07.33 record in the women steeplechase. The Kenyan star defeated another Kenyan Hyvin Kiyeng who came second .Kenyans have been doing well in the diamond league to far winning trophies in their respective disciplines.Some of the winners of yesterday night disciplines include Benjamin Kigen, Timothy Cheruiyot and Faith Kipyegon.