World silver medallist Elide Kipchoge was again forced to settle for the second slot in a 5,000m race that was won by last year's World Athletics Final winner Edwin Soi.

ABRAHAM Chepkirwok got a confidence boost ahead of the Beijing Olympics after setting another national record in a space of two months.

Africa's 800m women champion, Pamela Jelimo on Saturday produced another storming run on the final day of the national trials to win in 1:57.71 at Nyayo Stadium.

WINSTON Muzuni, a long distance athlete who emerged from the breed of talented road runners who held Zimbabwe spellbound in the 1990s, has died.

Relief, joy, frustration and bruised egos marked the national Olympics trials as elite runners confirmed their trip to Beijing while others saw their Olympic dreams go up in smoke.

The odds were stuck against Ezekiel Kemboi but the Olympic 3,000m steeplechase champion silenced his critics to qualify at the top of a top quality field for his second straight Olympic Games at Nyayo Stadium on Saturday.

The Tanzania International Container Services Limited (TICTS) has donated Sh10 million to the Athletics Tanzania (AT) ahead of the start of the national championships on Friday next week in Singida.

All the athletes that would be selected by the National Sports Commission at the end of the NNPC/Exxonmobil track and field championship, to represent the country at the 2008 Beijing Olympics Games, have been encouraged to put in their best,

South Africa's hosting of the Zone VI Under 20 Youth Games in October this year will help the country's athletes prepare for major competitions such as the All Africa Commonwealth Games and the Olympic Games.

Olusoji Fasuba, Nigeria's main hope for a medal in track and field this summer in Beijing, China has been advised to adjust his training programme in order to be able to overcome the snag caused by his running at the

The last time Martin Irungu Mathathi raced on the Nyayo tartan in June 2006, he clinched the ticket to Osaka World Championship in 10,000m but he had to endure the pain of blistered feet.

Commonwealth Games 10,000m champion Lucy Kabuu on Friday won the women's 25- lap contest and with it, a place in the Kenya team on the first day of the national Olympic trials at Nyayo Stadium.

African record holder, Olusoji Fasuba, suffered two back-to-back defeats in the hands of Nigerian rivals in a space of one week, but athletics buffs have refused to rule out Fasuba from achieving a good outing at the Olympics.

Now that the team that will represent the country in the Olympic Games has been identified following the successful completion of the national athletics trials at the weekend, it is time to shift to serious preparations.