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running , athletics, marathon, cross-country news in Kenya and beyond
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Joined April 2011
Ruth Chepng'etich runs 2:14:18 #ChicagoMarathon just misses the WR
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World 100m all-time list 9.58 Bolt 9.69 Gay 9.69 Blake 9.72 Powell 9.74 Gatlin 9.76 Bromell 9.76 Coleman 9.77 Omanyala
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Making 10.72 look easy! @FastElaine π―π² tears up the track at #ParisDL to take the win in the womenβs 100m! Thatβs the ππΆπ
ππ΅ time she goes sub-10.8 this season! π· @matthewquine / @diamond_league
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19.94 19.93 19.88 19.90 19.78 19.99 19.83 19.68 19.80 19.79 at @meetingparis With second place in the men's 200m, @KennyBednarek πΊπΈ becomes the first man to ever run ππ¬ ππΆπΊπ²π below 20 seconds in a single season (and in wind-legal conditions)! #ParisDL
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πππππ ππππππ! Yalemzerf Yehualaw runs 63:43 min to break the Womenβs half marathon World Record at the @CoastHalf π₯ πΈ Keith McClure
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It just got loud at the Kasarani Stadium! π°πͺ Benson Kiplangat unleashes a lethal last lap kick to win the host nation's first title of #WorldAthleticsU20 in Nairobi. He clocks a personal best 13:20.37 for gold π₯, just 0.28 ahead of last night's 3000m winner Tadese Worku πͺπΉ
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That π₯ medal feeling π Teresiah Muthoni Gateri continues the host nation's medal haul at #WorldAthleticsU20 π°πͺ She clocks 8:57.78 to lead home a Kenyan 1-2 in the women's 3000m ahead of compatriot Zenah Jemutai Yego.
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History in the making! Letsile Tebogo π§πΌ wins Botswana's first ever #WorldAthleticsU20 sprint title β and only the country's second ever π₯ medal in the history of these championships. π₯ for South Africa's Benjamin Richardson πΏπ¦ and π₯ goes to Cuba's Shainer Rengifo Montoya.
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Tina Clayton π―π² retains the #WorldAthleticsU20 women's 100m crown in Jamaica and secures π₯ in a personal best 11.09. Beatrice Masilingi π³π¦ takes π₯ for Namibia and π₯ goes to Switzerland's Melissa Gutschmidt π¨π.
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Pleasing the home crowd ππ°πͺ Teresiah Muthoni Gateri and Zenah Jemutai Yego continue the host nation's medal tally at #WorldAthleticsU20 with a 1-2 in the women's 3000m π
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Home victory for Kenya π₯π°πͺ Benson Kiplangat π°πͺ is the #WorldAthleticsU20 champion πͺ He secured gold with a PB of 13:20.37 in the men's 5000m, ahead of last night's 3000m winner Tadese Worku πͺπΉ
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Waaaat!!!! Somebody tell me am not dreaming!!!!!! This will sink in years later. Thank you to my management @fitnessfromafrica Thank you @odibetskenya Thank you @usnkenya Thank you Andorf, Austria On to the next See u in a bit Helsinki, Finland Cheers to second chances πππ
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Finalllllyyyyyyyy A sub 10. 9.96!!!! It just had to come in Austria. Finals coming up in a short while. Thank you Lord. @joskolaufmeeting πΈ: scharinger.
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It will be a great time let's come together and register for this big event. @AMB_A_Mohammed
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Absolute masterclass by Eliud Kipchoge here. He looks so strong and in control. Whereβs that goat emoji
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Kipchoge, Nageeye and Abdi are the marathon medalists. Cherono narrowly locked out of the podium
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Incredible win π₯ by @EliudKipchoge in the menβs marathon race. Congratulations for defending your Olympic tittle. #TokyoOlympics #Olympics #Tokyo2020
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