Kipchoge returning for Tokyo Marathon, Hassan to debut
Kenyan double Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge will take part in the Tokyo Marathon in March, his NN Running Team said on Thursday.
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Nike bosses plan 'biggest' Olympics spend as marketing ramps up
PARIS : Nike is spending more on this Olympics than any previous Games, top executives said on Friday, as the U.S. sportswear brand embarks on a marketing push it hopes will revive flagging sales and help compete with upstart rivals.
Kenya's Kipchoge eyes historic Olympic marathon hat-trick
PARIS : Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge expects to make history with his third consecutive Olympic marathon gold medal at this year's Games in Paris, he told Reuters in a interview on Thursday, adding that there were no thoughts about retirement yet.
Kipruto, Kebede win Tokyo Marathon in course record times
TOKYO : Kenyan Benson Kipruto won the men's Tokyo Marathon in two hours, two minutes and 16 seconds on Sunday, breaking former world record holder Eliud Kipchoge's course mark in perfect racing conditions on the streets of the Japanese capital.
Kenya marathon hero Kiptum honoured at funeral as unique talent and family man
CHEPKORIO, Kenya : Marathon world record holder Kelvin Kiptum, whose dreams of breaking the race's two-hour barrier were ended by a car crash earlier this month, was remembered for his talent and humility at a funeral service on Friday in western Kenya.
Kenyans mourn marathon world record holder Kiptum as body returns home
ELDORET, Kenya : Hundreds of mourners on Thursday accompanied the casket of marathon world record holder Kelvin Kiptum on its way to his home village, where the young star who dreamed of breaking the race's storied two-hour barrier will be laid to rest.
Family mourns Kenya's marathon prodigy Kelvin Kiptum
ELGEYO MARAKWET, Kenya: Kelvin Kiptum's devastated wife had been looking forward to watching him try to become a marathon legend as the first athlete to break the two-hour barrier. Now she is wondering how to tell their two children that their father was killed in a car accident.
Kelvin Kiptum was the marathon's shooting star
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Marathon world record holder Kelvin Kiptum dies – Kenyan media
Kenya’s Kelvin Kiptum poses for a photo at the presentation ceremony for the 2023 London Marathon in central London on April 23, 2023. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)