Kenya 70 years celebration

We are 70 years old! pic.twitter.com/LuUTrEkOT1

— We are 70 years old! (@athletics_kenya) December 9, 2020

Athletics Kenya had the 70th anniversary celebration on 14 December 2020….

John Ngugi, won a record four consecutive world cross country titles in1986-1989 and five titles overall. Known for his front running style, Ngugi established himself as a distance runner during the 1987 World Championships in Rome in men’s 5000m. #AK@70 pic.twitter.com/y3aoGW99QQ

— We are 70 years old! (@athletics_kenya) December 14, 2020

Paul Tergat became the first Kenyan man to set the world record in the marathon in 2003, with a time of 2:04:55. He also won the World Cross Country Championships five times. An impressive resume in the world of athletics. We celebrate you. #AK@70 pic.twitter.com/Iimu90nNyT

— We are 70 years old! (@athletics_kenya) December 14, 2020

Kenya 70 years celebration

Launched her running career at Singore Girls School, Rose Thomson posted the best time in Africa in 3,000 metres in 1977 and represented Kenya in the Commonwealth Games in 1978. She made it to the Kenyan national team for the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow. pic.twitter.com/rEoS5Q4WuZ

— We are 70 years old! (@athletics_kenya) December 14, 2020

NAIROBI (KEN): Athletics Kenya is to honour several of the country’s all-time greats as part of its 70th anniversary celebrations on Tuesday. The athletes include Wilson Kiprugut, who in 1964 at 800m won Kenya’s first Olympic medal, plus legends such as Kipchoge Keino, John Ngugi and Paul Tergat, A new name and logo will also be unveiled. Initially called the Kenya Amateur Athletics Association, it was rebranded in 2002.

The Late Nyandika Maiyoro was among the Kenyan runners at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, Australia. He participated in men’s 5000m finishing an impressive 7th position in13 minutes, 53.25 seconds. We celebrate you. #AK@70 pic.twitter.com/ELTCaIa93r

— We are 70 years old! (@athletics_kenya) December 14, 2020

Larry Eder

Larry Eder has had a 50-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."

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