Mpox declared public health emergency in Africa as WHO warns 'the time to act is now'
Mpox has been declared a public health emergency in Africa, days after the World Health Organisation (WHO) said 'the time to act is now'.
Kenya Sport News
Watch: Bhutanese Runner Finishes Marathon 1.5 Hours After Winner, Gets Loudest Cheer
Kinzang Lhamo, a marathon-runner from Bhutan, received the loudest cheers from the Paris crowd as she crossed the line in the women's marathon event at the Paris Olympics 2024. But she wasn't the winner. Nor the runner-up. Not even the bronze medalist. In fact, the 26-year-old Lhamo finished last. Not just by a small margin either; Lhamo finished nearly an hour and a half after marathon winner Sifan Hassan had crossed the line. Netherlands' Sifan Hassan had smashed the Olympic women's marathon record with a time of 2 hours 22 minutes 55 seconds. But that wasn't enough to get the biggest applause of the day.
Sifan Hassan Wins Marathon As Olympic Endurance Gamble Pays Off
Sifan Hassan's endurance gamble at the Paris Games finally paid off after she sprinted away for Olympic marathon gold in the French capital on Sunday. The Ethiopian-born Dutch athlete came into the marathon on the back of two bronze medals won in the 5,000m and 10,000m in an astonishing bid for podium placings in three events. And Hassan did not disappoint, holding off Ethiopian Tigst Assefa for victory in an Olympic record of 2hr 22min 55sec. It mirrored Hassan's efforts in the Covid-hit Tokyo Games three years ago when she also won three medals: two golds (5,000m, 10,000m) and a bronze (1500m).
AFN looks at ‘positives’ as Team Nigeria returns empty-handed
The first batch of the Nigerian contingent to the just-concluded Paris 2024 Olympic Games are expected to return to the country today. The Guardian learnt, yesterday, that the first set of athletes would depart the Olympics Village this morning, while the second batch will leave tomorrow.
Paris 2024: Fionnuala McCormack 28th as Sifan Hassan wins dramatic women's marathon gold
Five-time Olympian Fionnuala McCormack finished 28th in the women's marathon at Paris 2024 as the Netherlands' Sifan Hassan edged past Ethiopian world record holder Tigst Assefa to clinch gold by just three seconds.
Record-setting Sifan Hassan captures 3rd Olympic gold medal, 1st in women's marathon
Sifan Hassan traded elbows with Tigst Assefa with 150 metres left in the women's marathon, then passed her along the railing to win the race for her third distance medal of the Paris Games on Sunday.
Olympics 2024: Sifan Hassan wins gold in Paris marathon - ESPN
PARIS — Sifan Hassan ended her mammoth week with a gold in the women's marathon on Sunday, completing her remarkable treble bid to medal in the 5,000-metres, 10,000-metres and marathon.
Olympics 2024: Sifan Hassan wins gold in dramatic Paris marathon - ESPN
Netherlands' Sifan Hassan clinched the gold medal in a dramatic finish to the women's marathon on Sunday,