Tag: Tokyo Olympics
Tragedy: 17-year-old Tokyo Olympics star dies in freak accident
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Tunisian sailor Eya Guezguez, who competed in the Tokyo Olympics last year, has died at age 17 after her boat capsized while training at sea with her twin sister Sarra. Sarra miraculously survived the accident, the
Kenya's Jepchirchir and Ethiopian Bekele favourites as New York Marathon returns
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Peres Jepchirchir, who triumphed in a duel with compatriot Brigid Kosgei to win the Tokyo Olympic marathon, expects a tough race at New York Marathon
Tokyo Olympics: Ethiopia's Barega stuns Kenyans in 10,000m gold
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Africa on Friday, July 30 struck her first gold medal on the athletics track on day 7 of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Ethiopia's Selemon Barega, making his maiden appearance at the Olympics, stunned Kenyans and Ugandans to clock
Olympics: Athlete sent home for refusing to face an Israeli
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The International Judo Federation suspended on Saturday an Algerian judoka and his coach for withdrawing from the Tokyo Olympics before his event started, after the draw set him on course for a match against an Israeli.Fethi Nouri
Tokyo Olympics GM Korir: "Julius Yego has resorted to mere activism without facts"
Michael Majanga
Olympic javelin silver medalist Julius Yego has thrown in the towel, resigned as Team Kenya captain ahead of the beckoning summer games in Tokyo, Japan.The 32-year-old athlete broke the news through a social media post on Monday,
Kenya says pre-Olympics training camp in Kurume, Japan back on
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Kenya still plans to hold a pre-Olympics training camp in Kurume, its Olympics committee said on Thursday, a day after
Kenyan who's only 0.53 seconds slower than Usain Bolt seeks Olympic slot
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National 100m champion Mark Otieno is expected to meet his closest rival Ferdinand Omanyala in the 100 meters finals of the second day of the Athletics Kenya (AK) competitions at Kasarani Stadium today.In the semifinals yesterday,
Uhuru hails public-private partnerships for success in country's sports
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President Uhuru Kenyatta has attributed Kenya's growing profile as a top sporting nation to strong partnerships between the Government and actors in the private sector.Speaking when he presided over the closing ceremony of this ye