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Kenya topped Africa’s Olympics medal table – but a new strategy will be needed to keep winning

Beatrice Chebet wins gold in the 10,000 metre event for Kenya. Christian Petersen/Getty Images by Wycliffe W. Njororai Simiyu, Stephen F. Austin State University Kenya topped Africa’s...

AP Exclusive: How a tainted Kenyan runner won small US races

NEWPORT, Kentucky (AP) — The runners came in all sizes, shapes and ages, from 5 to 99. Celebrating the Fourth of July, some raced...

APNewsBreak: Kenya athletes allege doping bribery

EMBU, Kenya (AP) — Two Kenyan athletes serving four-year bans for doping at the 2015 world championships say the chief executive of Athletics Kenya,...

The Black Athlete..Diversity of Track & Field

For the past five weekends, my wife and I have sat through countless hours of indoor track and field meets, where my youngest son,...

First Black woman to win Olympic gold dies in Ga.

ALBANY, Ga. (AP) — The first Black woman to win an Olympic gold medal, Alice Coachman Davis, died early Monday in south Georgia. She...

Blind high school vaulter in Texas nearly medals

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A blind high school pole vaulter cleared three heights at the Texas state championships to finish fourth, one spot short...

MARATHON WATCH: Silence, then exultation in Boston

A look at the 118th running of the Boston Marathon. For further updates, visit https://bigstory.ap.org. ___ SILENCE TO NOISE: At 2:49 p.m. — the time the...

Hometown favorite wants to win Boston, for Boston

BOSTON (AP) — Shalane Flanagan grew up in nearby Marblehead with a reverence for the Boston Marathon and dreamed, like many locals and foreign...

Joyner-Kersee trains with Palestinian women

EL BIREH, West Bank (AP) — American track and field great Jackie Joyner-Kersee is visiting the West Bank, encouraging women in the conservative society...

A year after bombing, Boston and its people heal

BOSTON (AP) — Every time Roseann Sdoia comes home, she must climb 18 steps — six stairs into the building, 12 more to her...

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