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1 week ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Jonathan Komen
Gold medallist Faith Kipyegon celebrates after winning the women's 1500m final at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Stade de France in Saint-Denis, Paris, on August 10, 2024. [AFP]October 13, 1968 inside Olympic Stadium in Mexico City remains a memorable one for Kenyan women athletics. It was just three months after Tom Mboya had been killed and the political temperatures were still high. It was also nine months before Neil Armstrong and his crew landed on the moon.
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1 week ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Jonathan Komen
Faith Kipyegon, daughter Alyn and husband Timothy Kiptum at State House Nairobi June 13, 2023. [File, Standard]A quick scroll through track records of world-famed athletes reveals some exciting and heart-warming performances of women returning from maternity. A sample of their records shows majority of them exhibited impressive displays of form in eye-popping, history-making, and mind-exploding fashions.
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2 weeks ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Jonathan Komen
Marco Arop and Emmanuel Wanyonyi in action in the 800 final at the Olympics in Paris. [AFP]No soul under the sun can match with precision and class David Rudisha’s brilliance in 800m. His feat seemed to have a heavenly touch. No one would have directed such a steady progression in the race –not even the prophets, but only God. And ‘King’ David summoned his powers to stand out as the greatest 800m athlete of all time.
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2 weeks ago | 
nation.africa | Jonathan Komen
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1 month ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Jonathan Komen
It’s strange how fortunes change. Career dreams are always shaped at childhood –with the hope of making it big. But, like some top Kenyan athletes, Botswana’s Olympic 200m champion Letsile Tebogo, defied the rulebook. He worked hard while a small boy, nursed huge football career dreams and hoped to excel like some other African footballers in plying their trade in top flight leagues across the globe. Oops! His lofty dreams crash-landed before take-off.
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Jonathan Komen
You were either inside one of the world’s athletics sporting cathedrals or watching the 2024 world cross country championships in Belgrade, Serbia. And one lithe female athlete must have excited you –Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet staging impressive shows. Two Olympic gold medals (5000m and 10,000m), a world record, Diamond League Trophy win and a world cross country crown. It was a sight to behold. From south pole to north pole, she wowed the sporting world in two seasons: cross country and track.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Jonathan Komen
It's strange how fortunes can conspire, defy age and even set monumental records. Some Kenyan athletes worked hard in their careers, nursed huge longevity dreams hoping to make a mark in global distance running. And their ambitions were realised in spectacular fashion imaginable thanks to their consistency and longevity. This is the script that simply defines Vivian Cheruiyot and Edna Kiplagat’s impressive shows at the 53rd New York City Marathon on Sunday.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Jonathan Komen
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to a new brave world thanks to a combination of generational athletics talent. It's interesting to understand how some male athletes picked up their father’s one-mile prowess while others ventured into the race with brilliance as they staged good shows in eye-popping, history-making and mind-blowing fashions. For some households, running is an inherited cash crop where athletics talent runs deep in the blood.
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Oct 21, 2024 | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Jonathan Komen
Guys, here is a perfect opportunity for us to show the global scene our sporting signature –Kenya is the Mecca of world athletics. Kenya’s three Olympic champions in Faith Kipyegon (1500m), Beatrice Chebet (5000m and 10,000m) and Emmanuel Wanyonyi (800m) have been nominated for the 2024 Track World Athlete of the Year awards.
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Oct 18, 2024 | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Jonathan Komen
The world’s women marathon record continues to fall, yet its rulebook and courses remain unchanged. When Ruth Chepng’etich became the first woman to dip under two hours and 10 minutes in 42km contests at the 46th Chicago Marathon last Sunday, the running world was shocked. By and large, her jaw-dropping world record of 2:09.56 put to test the belief of fans. It has raised questions on the extend with which technological advances in athletics would slide women into all-time marks.
