SPORT
07-12-2020 by redazione
After the world record of the national hero Eliud Kipchoge's marathon and his (non homologable) feat of falling under 2 hours in the traditional Olympic distance, Kenya retouches another world record, thanks to the 24-year-old Kibiwott Kandie who literally pulverised the men's half-marathon world record in Valencia, winning in 57 minutes and 32 seconds ahead of the reigning world champion, the Ugandan Jacob Kiplimo (who still set his best time and the new national record with 57'37"). The previous record belonged to another Kenyan Geoffrey Kamworor, who stopped the stopwatch at 58'01" in September 2019, in Copenhagen. In fact, four athletes actually finished the Valencian race with times below the old world record: in addition to Kandie and Kiplimo, the feat was also achieved by the Kenyan Rhonex Kipruto (57'49") and Alexander Mutiso (57'59"). This is due not only to the perfect, cold and dry climate of the Spanish city, but also to the use of most athletes of "flying shoes", a new generation of shoes with carbon plates and super reinforced heel. With the help of technology, the great marathon runners of Sub-Saharan Africa, Ethiopian Kenyans and Ugandans can break any barrier, including the one dreamed of by Kipchoge himself, to run the marathon under 2 hours during an official competition.
NEWS
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Male and female victory of Kenya in the 42nd edition of the Stramilano Half Marathon. Fredrick Moranga triumphed among men with the time of 1h 01:20 (third compatriot Simon Muthoni, between the two Moroccan Mustapha El Aziz).
In the women's...
In the end the important thing was to raise funds for the fight against polio, a disease that in Italy not even remember but Kenya still reaps victims and damages the lives of so many children in an irreversible manner.
SENSATIONAL RECORD
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Another Kenyan on top of the marathon world. Twenty-three-year-old Kelvin Kiptum set...
MOURNING
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A terrible and mocking fate took the life of Kenyan marathon champion Kelvin Kiptum, just...
SPORT
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Kenya's athletes took centre stage at the opening ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, which...
The Watamu Sport Festival starts today from Turtle Bay beach and includes running, mountain...
SPORT
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It does not stop the fairy tale of the "barber of Limuru", that a 44-year-old continues to be the protagonist in the marathon of the world after having established three years ago the record of all time in the classic...
INTERVIEW
by Freddie del Curatolo
"For someone who had never been to a country like Kenya, and who has been living in Denmark for...
NEWS
by Freddie del Curatolo
The easiest joke circulated this morning in the "sports bars" of Nairobi: "the Italian has wet himself with fear".
After the crackling...
SPORT
by Freddie del Curatolo
"My school was 15 km away from the village where I lived. I only had two options: to go and come back...
TWO TRIUMPHS
by Freddie del Curatolo
EVENTS
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A four-day deejay "marathon" at the Tangeri Lounge to celebrate the first month since the...
NEWS
by Leni Frau
Among the many pleasures and reasons for well-being that holidaying in Kenya can inspire, sport is...
KELVIN'S FAREWELL
by Freddie del Curatolo
It is not often, fortunately, that a young champion, a world record holder, suddenly loses his life through...
