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Team South Africa topped the medal table at the 24th African Athletics Championships in Accra, Ghana, securing 22 medals from May 12-17, 2026. Nigeria's Tobi Amusan won her third consecutive 100m hurdles title, while Ken
Kenya's Ferdinand Omanyala clocked 9.98 seconds to finish second at the Shanghai Diamond League on May 16, marking his fourth sub-10-second 100m of 2026 after a barren 2025. South Africa's Gift Leotlela stunned the field
Kenya's triple Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon opened her 2026 track season with the world's fastest women's 5000m time of the year — 14:24.14 — at the Shanghai Diamond League on May 16, signaling a strategic shift towar
Marathon legend Brigid Kosgei and four elite Kenyan athletes saw their bids to represent Turkey rejected by World Athletics in April 2026, as the governing body tightens rules against state-sponsored recruitment of Afric
Kenya's quadruple Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon launched her 2026 outdoor track season with a commanding victory at the Shanghai Diamond League, clocking 14:24.14 in the women's 5000m—the fastest time in the world this