Rita Jeptoo

Mamo Gebrehiwot December 19, 2014

Kenyan athletics bosses have defended the country's record on doping, despite 32 athletes having tested positive for banned substances in...

Mamo Gebrehiwot December 15, 2014

NAIROBI Dec 15 (Reuters) - Kenyan long-distance runners Viola Chelangat Kimetto and Joyce Jemutai Kiplimo have failed drugs tests and...

Mamo Gebrehiwot November 1, 2014

Wilson Kipsang and Geoffrey Mutai © Gallo Images - A doping scandal threatened to overshadow Geoffrey Mutai's run at a...

Rahel Samuel October 31, 2014

Kenyan marathon runner Rita Jeptoo has become the latest athlete from the country to fail a doping test. The International...

Rahel Samuel October 11, 2014

Ethiopia's three-time Olympic gold medallist Kenenisa Bekele will take on a formidable Kenyan challenge spearheaded by Eliud Kipchoge in Sunday's...

Rahel Samuel April 21, 2014

Boston, MA- Defending champion Rita Jeptoo of KenyaÂ won the 2014 Boston Marathon women's race by setting a new course record...

Rahel Samuel April 19, 2014

Boston, MA - When Ethiopian Lelisa Desisa returns to the starting line of the Boston Marathon on Monday after winning...

Rahel Samuel April 18, 2014

Boston, MA -In the beginning there was Abebe Bikila, the imperial guard who ran barefoot atop Roman cobblestones by torchlight...

Mamo Gebrehiwot December 31, 2013

Statisticians A Lennart Julin and Mirko Jalava look back on the best road running performances of the year with Julin...