By finishing in the top-2 of their respective event finals at the Kenyan Athletics Olympic Trials held in Eldoret on 30 June & 1 July, Alfred Kipketer (800m), Ferguson Rotich (800m), Isaiah Koech (5000m), and Charles Muneria (10000m) gained automatic berths to the 2016 Olympic Games. Alice Aprot (10000m) also was selected at-large to represent Kenya at the Rio Games.
Ruth Jebet and Ferguson Rotich continued their successful ’16 Diamond League campaigns in winning the 3000m steeplechase and 800m, respectively, at the Bauhaus Galan in Stockholm on 16 June.
With her historical performance at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Eugene, Oregon on 28 May, Ruth Jebet sits atop the current world steeplechase elite.
Homiyu Tesfaye (1500m) and Bashir Abdi (5000m) returned as top contenders in Europe with their performances last Sunday in Rabat and Hengelo, respectively.
In his fourth season on IAAF Diamond League circuit, Ferguson Rotich Cheruiyot gained his first-ever win in such competition, in the 800m at the Diamond League Shanghai meeting on 14. May.
Philip Milanov and John Koech each set personal bests at the 2016 IAAF Diamond League circuit opener in Doha on 6. May, with Milanov improving his own national record in the Discus and Koech just missing the Bahrain national record in the 3000m Steeplechase.
Jeroen D’Hoedt finished 2nd with a time of 8:32.62 in the 3000m Steeplechase at the Mount San Antonio College Relays, held 15 April in Norwalk, California.
Eunice Kirwa on 13-March captured her second straight victory at Marathon Nagoya in a world-class time of 2:22:40.
Alice Aprot (senior women), James Rungaru (senior men), and Isaac Kipsang (junior men) all topped the podium at the 2016 African Cross Country Championships held 12-March in Yaounde, Cameroon.
