Fred Kerley and Kenny Bednarek were announced on Thursday as the newest signings to Grand Slam Track — and the first male sprinters in the competition. Both athletes will join Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Josh Kerr, Cole Hocker and Yared Nuguse as the initial competitors who have signed to Michael Johnson’s professional track league. The league kicks …
The ex-boyfriend accused of killing Rebecca Cheptegei in a fiery gasoline attack died on Monday from burns he sustained in the same fire. Dickson Ndiema, 32, died late Monday night at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, the same medical facility in Eldoret city in Kenya where Cheptegei was being treated. Cheptegei died from multiple organ …
Fall marathon season is right around the corner but registration for next year's Boston Marathon officially opened on Monday. The sign up period for the 129th running of the race — world’s oldest annual marathon — kicked off at 10 a.m. and will close on Friday at 5 p.m. "While race day may still be …
Josh Kerr dominated the field at the 5th Avenue Mile on Sunday, breaking the 43-year-old course record for his second straight win. Kerr cruised to the finish line in 3:44.3 in breezy conditions, shattering Sydney Maree's 3:47.52 mark from 1981. Josh Hoey came in second in 3:48.9 with Amon Kemboi in third with 3:49.3 for …
After a week of confusion surrounding her eligibility at the Diamond League finale, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone will finish her season in Brussels — but not as part of the main program. Organizers of the Allianz Memorial van Damme, the last event of the Diamond League season, initially confirmed that McLaughlin-Levrone would run the 200m and 400m …
Rebecca Cheptegei has died at a Kenyan hospital where she was being treated for burns on over 80 percent of her body after she was set on fire in a gasoline attack on Sunday. The death of the 33-year-old Cheptegei was confirmed on Thursday. She was listed in serious condition at the Moi Teaching and …
Russia’s Tatyana Tomashova was issued a 10 year ban on Tuesday by the Court of Arbitration for Sport judge after being found guilty of a doping violation. It is Tomashova's second doping infraction and she will likely be stripped of her 2012 Olympic 1,500m silver medal. The 49-year-old was perviously handed a two year ban …
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone has been ruled “ineligible” to compete in the 200m and 400m at the Diamond League final in Brussels on September 14 and 15, according to Diamond League chief Petr Stastny. Stastny confirmed on Wednesday that McLaughlin-Levrone had not qualified for either event after announcing a day earlier that she would participate in the …
Fresh off of his stunning win in the men's 1,500m final at the Paris Olympics, Cole Hocker was announced on Wednesday as the latest addition to the Grand Slam Track roster along with Yared Nuguse. The signings means that the podium finishers will all be racing for the new league, which was announced by track …
Rebecca Cheptegi, who competed for Uganda in the Paris Olympics, is in critical condition in a Kenyan hospital after suffering burns after a man poured gasoline on her and set her on fire on Sunday, according to police. Cheptegi, 33, suffered burns to 80 percent of her body and was rushed to the Moi Teaching …