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Nairobi, Kenya [38] 1:18.20 A [c] David Kimutai: 16 July 2011 Kenyan Championships Nairobi, Kenya [39] 50 km walk (road) 4:25:24 William Sawe: 30 September 1988 Olympic Games: Seoul, South Korea 4 × 100 m relay: 39.40 A Kenya Simon Kimaru Anderson Mureta Mutegi Stephen Barasa Kipkemoi Soy: 30 July 2010 African Championships: Nairobi, Kenya [40 ...
Kenyan male long-distance runners (428 P) C. Kenyan cross country runners (2 C) M. ... Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License
In November 2019, World Athletics (WA; formerly IAAF) also deleted several long-distance events (track distances of 20,000 metres, 25,000 metres and 30,000 metres and road distances of 15 km, 20 km, 25 km and 30 km) from the world record books.
Henry Rono (12 February 1952 – 15 February 2024) was a Kenyan track and field athlete who specialised in various long-distance running events. Although he never competed at the Olympics, Rono is remembered as one of the most prolific collegiate competitors in the history of track in the United States, as well as being the former record holder for the 3000 metres steeplechase for over a decade.
The event attracts a very high standard of athletes, reflecting Kenya's strength long-distance running. The growth of the championships in the 1980s coincided with the country's increasing prowess in the cross country discipline, which has seen it win all but four of the men's team world titles since 1986 and numerous women's team titles since ...
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Daniel Kipngetich Komen (born 17 May 1976) [2] is a Kenyan middle-and long-distance runner.Remembered for his rivalry with Haile Gebrselassie, his most notable achievements came in a two-year period between 1996 and 1998, during which he broke a string of world records.
The Illinois State Museum have returned nearly 40 sacred artifacts to Kenya so they can go back to their rightful owners. Museum officials said in a statement Wednesday that they have completed ...