22 years old Kenyan athlete, Faith Kipyegon gifts her village with her Olympic gold medal and electricity
Moments after winning the gold medal in the wee hours of August 17, her father, Mr Samuel Koech Kipyegon, 56, ...
Tag: Rio 2016
The Women of Team USA Sweep an Olympic Track and Field Event for the First Time
Brianna Rollins, Nia Ali, and Kristi Castlin swept the 100-meter hurdles event at the Rio Olympics. The women were expected ...
Africa Won 43 Medals at the 2016 Olympics, But Where Do We Go From Here?
The Olympics ended with a bang on Sunday night. Like all the other Olympic games before it, Rio 2016 would ...
More than 30 Kenyan-born athletes played for new countries at Rio, Olympics
Bahrain got its first ever gold in the Olympics when 19 year old Ruth Jebet won a gold medal in ...
South Africa’s Semenya wins her first Olympic Gold medal
Caster Semenya won the 800 meters final in a personal best time of 1:55.28 on Saturday, claiming her first Olympic ...
Nigeria makes history with Bronze win in Rio Olympics men’s football
Nigeria dream team defeated Honduras 3-2 to win the Rio 2016 men’s Olympics football at the Estadio Mineirao in Belo ...
Kenya finishes Rio Olympics Games as best ranked African team
The Summer Olympic Games have come to an end in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, with Kenya finishing ...
Former slave to run for South Sudan in Olympic marathon – Guor Marial
South Sudanese Olympic athlete Guor Marial may not be a hot medal tip for Sunday’s marathon, but the former slave’s ...
