Rio 2016: Eliud Kipchoge takes marathon gold for Kenya
Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge won the men’s marathon gold on the final day of competition at the Rio 2016 Olympics to maintain his dominance in the grueling distance event by winning in 2:08:44.
Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge won the men’s marathon gold on the final day of competition at the Rio 2016 Olympics to maintain his dominance in the grueling distance event by winning in 2:08:44.
Caster Semenya broke the national 800m record to earn gold at the Rio Olympics on Saturday tearing down the home straight to secure the South Africa’s 4th track and field medal at the games.
Kenya’s Vivian Cheruiyot shocks World 10,000m record-holder Almaz Ayana to win her first Olympic gold medal in the Women’s 5000m at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
Photo gallery of African star athletes on day six and seven of athletics competition at the 2016 Olympic Games – Rio 2016 – from the Olympic stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on August 17 and 18, 2016
South Africa’s Sunette Viljoen produced the performance of her career on Thursday night to secure the silver medal in the women’s Javelin throw event at the Rio 2016 Olympics.
Photo gallery of African star athletes on day four and five of athletics competition at the 2016 Olympic Games – Rio 2016 – from the Olympic stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on August 15 and 16, 2016.
Photo gallery of African athletes on day 3 of athletics competition at the 2016 Olympic Games – Rio 2016 – from the Olympic stadium in Rio, Brazil on August 14, 2016.
Photo gallery of African star athletes on day two of athletics competition at the 2016 Olympic Games – Rio 2016 – from the Olympic stadium in Rio, Brazil on August 13, 2016.
Conseslus Kipruto ran an Olympic record of 8:03.28 to win Kenya’s ninth consecutive gold medal in the men’s 3000m steeplechase on day 6 of athletics at Rio 2016 Olympic Games on Wednesday.
Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon won the Olympic women’s 1500m gold leaving Ethiopia’s world record holder Genzebe Dibaba trailing in her wake on Tuesday night.
Nigerian women will upgrade to the Olympic Games Beijing 2008 4x100m relay silver medal after the IOC stripped the Russian team of gold medal.
Photo gallery of African star athletes at the 2016 Olympic Games – Rio 2016 – from the Olympic stadium in Rio, Brazil on August 12, 2016.
Kenya’s David Rudisha stormed to victory in 1:42.15 to retain his Olympic men’s 800m title ahead of Algeria’s Taoufik Mahkloufi at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil.
South Africa’s Wayde van Niekerk broke Michael Johnson’s world record to win the men’s 400m gold at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in a stunning time of 43.03 on Sunday.
London marathon winner, Jemima Sumgong, became the first Kenyan woman to win the Olympics marathon title, clocking 2:24:04 for gold, at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
South African Luvo Manyonga soared to a lifetime best jump of 8.37m on Saturday to bag South Africa’s first track and field medal on day two of the athletics competition at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
Ethiopia’s Almaz Ayana smashed the world record to win the 10,000m at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, clocking 29:17.45 to win the first athletics gold medal of the Games.
Botswana’s 800m runner Nijel Amos vows to deliver yet another medal for his country when the Athletics competition starts on Friday at 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Kenyan Wilson Kipsang and Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele to duel on Berlin’s world record course at the 2016 BMW Berlin-Marathon on 25 September.
International Olympic Committee to add baseball/softball, karate, skateboard, sports climbing and surfing to the sports programme for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) removes Kenya from the World Anti-Doping Code’s non-compliant list of countries ahead of Rio 2016 Olympics.
Liberian sprinter Phobay Kutu-Akoi narrates to us exclusively on AthleticsAfrica.com her neglect by the Liberian Athletics Federation and her 48-hours of hell en-route to the African Championships in Durban, South Africa.
IOC’s new digital-first platform will be available anytime, anywhere and on any device, at the conclusion of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on 21 August, 2016.
Botswana’s wonder kid, Baboloki ‘Hurricane’ Thebe will take on board the lessons of Bydgoszcz disqualification to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
South Africa’s Stephen Mokoka and Irvette van Zyl secured national men’s and women’s titles at the Athletics South Africa (ASA) Half-Marathon Championships in Port Elizabeth on Saturday.
Part 3: “All we get from the Coaches is beef…we were training ourselves for this relay…”, watch this and more sad tales from Nigerian athletes – the 4x100m relay quartet – at the World U20 Bydgoszcz 2016.
Part 2: “We even heard somebody said they gave us a favour to travel here (Bydgoszcz, Poland),” watch this and more sad tales from Nigerian athletes – the 4x100m relay quartet – at the World U20 Bydgoszcz 2016.
Part 1: “Nobody cares about us…we didn’t eat for three days…not everybody can run with stress,” watch this and more sad tales from Nigerian athletes – the 4x100m relay quartet – at the World U20 Bydgoszcz 2016.
Best moments of African junior stars at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Bydgoszcz 2016 – from the Zawisza stadium in Bydgoszcz, Poland from July 19 – 24, 2016.
Amos Kirui kept Kenya’s perfect U20 World Championships streak in the 3000m Steeplechase alive for the 15th consecutive edition with victory in Bydgoszcz, Poland.
Kenya’s Kumari Taki claims the men’s 1500m gold medal at the ongoing IAAF World U20 Championships at the Zawisza Stadium, in Bydgoszcz, Poland on Thursday.
Ethiopia’s Beyenu Degefa captured the women’s 3000m title, the first gold medal for her country, on Day 2 of the IAAF World U20 Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland on Wednesday.
Kenya’s Rodgers Chumo Kwemoi won the men’s 10,000m title in a championship record of 27:25.23 at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships – Bydgoszcz 2016.
Nigeria’s Stephen Mozia threw a huge 21.76 metres to extend his own national Shot put record set a few days ago at the 12th edition of the Athletics Grand Prix Usti nad Labem in Czech Republic on Tuesday.
South African sprinter Akani Simbine broke his own national 100m record at the Istvan Gyulai Memorial meeting in Szekesfehervar, Hungary on Monday night.