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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Ugandan runners won the 42kms, 21kms and 10kms races as hundreds of runners turned up Sunday morning to participate in the MTN Kampala marathon focused on fundraising cash to improve maternal health in the country.  This is a wrap up of the marathons that the …

Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Kenya suffered international embarrassment in 2016 when a string of doping scandals brought the country famed for its distance runners within a whisker of disqualification from the Rio Olympics. “It was a time when Kenya faced an enormous challenge in terms of the very integrity of …

By agencies Kiplimo’s fall come before bronze Abraham Kiplimo was rewarded with a bronze for his bravery at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. Kiplimo won the bronze in the marathon on June 27 but he had to overcome an earlier fall. He and teammates Philip Kiplimo, and Solomon Mutai had …