Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's no secret that Kenyan runners are some of the fastest and most awarded in the world. Names like Eliud Kipchoge and David ...

Rebecca Cheptegei loved chickens. She reared them and collected their eggs each morning. Her family would gently joke she loved them too much. “She was always laughing,” says her mother, Agnes. “You ...

The suspicions bubbled up as soon as she streaked across the finish line. Kenya’s Ruth Chepngetich began fending off questions from skeptical reporters immediately after she ran a 2:09.56 to demolish ...

Nearly 300 athletes from Kenya have been punished for using banned substances since 2015, tarnishing the country’s image as a running powerhouse. By Jeré Longman Reporting from Eugene, Ore., and ...

ITEN, Kenya: Thousands of feet above the Great Rift Valley that runs through East Africa, the small city of Iten, Kenya, calls itself the Home of Champions. It has long produced and attracted ...

PARIS — On the eve of the biggest race of her life, 21-year-old Lornah Kiplagat left home with only spare change in her pocket. She journeyed more than six hours on a crowded bus, storefronts and ...

Agnes Tirop was a 25-year-old rising professional distance runner who represented Kenya at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the women’s 5,000-meters. One month after she competed in her first Olympic Games, ...

Some travel to Kenya knowing the specific club or camp they will join, while others get to the country and explore; they are wanderers after all, and exploration is part of what their lives entail. It ...