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Norway to Host 2016 Youth Winter Olympic Games

Norway will host the 2016 Youth Winter Olympic Games at Lillehammer. The inaugural Youth Winter Olympics will be held in 2012 at Innsbruck in Austria, making the Norwegian event the…

December 7, 2011No CommentRead More

Leonard Komon Continues Assault on 10 Mile World Record

Leonard Komon will continue his efforts to beat the world record for 10 miles, currently held by Haile Gebrselassie. The 23-year old Kenyan made an attempt on the record on…

October 31, 2011No CommentRead More

Martin Mathathi Wins Great North Run 2011

Martin Mathathi of Kenya has won the Great North Run 2011 along with fellow countrywoman Lucy Karbu. He finished the course in a record time of 00:58.56 ahead of Emmanuel…

September 18, 2011No CommentRead More

Albert Matebor Wins GöteborgsVarvet 21km in 1 Hour 52 Seconds

Kenyan athlete, Albert Kiplagat Matebor, has triumphed in the GöteborgsVarvet Half Marathon in 01:00:52 followed by Kiplimo Kimutai and Paul Kimugui Kimaiyo. Matebor’s performance follows a win in February at…

May 22, 2011No CommentRead More

Athletics: Nader al-Misri Wins Gaza Marathon

Nader al-Misri, who competed in the 5000 metres at the Beijing Olympic Games, won the Gaza Marathon on 5th May 2011 in a time of 02:42:47. The UN Agency for…

May 6, 2011No CommentRead More

Athletics: Marathon Champion Živilė Balčiūnaitė Banned for 2 Years

The 2010 European Marathon Champion, Živilė Balčiūnaitė, has been banned from competition by the Lithuanian Athletics Federation. She will be stripped of her 2010 European Championships medal earned in Barcelona.…

April 8, 2011No CommentRead More

International Olympic Committee Announces New Rules on Hyperandrogenism

The International Olympic Committee has announced new rules on hyperandrogenism following the recommendation of its Medical Commission. The new rules will come into effect at the 2012 London Olympics. The…

April 5, 2011No CommentRead More

Sport: Jamie Whyte Wins Challenge Wanaka

Kiwi triathlete Jamie Whyte, claimed the Challenge Wanaka title on Saturday 15th January 2011, beating 1,200 athletes over a 226km course. Belinda Granger of Australia took the women’s title, followed…

January 17, 2011No CommentRead More

Muscat: Asian Beach Games 2010

The 2nd Asian Beach Games kicked off in Oman on 8th December 2010 and will continue until 16th December 2010. The opening ceremony was attended by His Royal Highness Prince…

December 9, 2010No CommentRead More

Commonwealth Games: Women’s 5000m Final – Three Medals for Kenya

Kenya took all three top spots in the women’s 5000m, marking a hat trick for fellow countrywomen Vivian J. Cheruiyot (Gold), Sylvia Jebiwot Kibet (Silver) and Ines Chenonge (Bronze). The…

October 12, 2010No CommentRead More

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