Luke Kibet of Kenya and Lornah Kiplagat of Netherland both clinch the men's and women's titles and 50,000 USD pulse each at the 2nd Glo Lagos International Half Marathon on Saturday.
When Meseret Defar smashed the World indoor 5000m record* on Wednesday, running 14:24.37 in Stockholm, it confirmed a stellar start to the year after a 2008 that saw her lose both her outdoor World record and 2004 Olympic gold medal over the distance to fellow Ethiopian Tirunesh Dibaba.
Ethiopia’s Olympic marathon bronze medallist Tsegaye Kebede fine-tuned his preparations for April’s Flora London Marathon with a comfortable victory on Sunday (16) in the Major General Hayelom Araya Memorial.
World marathon record holder, Haile Gebreselassie of Ethiopia, is to make a star appearance at the second Glo Lagos International Half Marathon coming up on February 21, 2009.
Athletes Uche Isaac and Franca Idoko explains how they found love, got married and their new challenges.
High jumper, Doreen Amata aims to grab the gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics.