Topic: Pamela Jelimo

Olympic 800 meters champion Jelimo promises comeback

After two years of numerous false starts, Olympic 800m women champion Pamela Jelimo, has nothing to look forward to but feel helpless, just like a withered flower. Jelimo has seen cruel injuries trim her wings as she has failed to display the ...

Struggling Jelimo bows out of title defence

Olympic and African 800m champion Pamela Jelimo on Saturday failed in her latest comeback bid when she dropped out of Kenyan trials for next month's African athletics championships.Jelimo, who trailed the strong field after a fierce first lap, appeared to ...

Jelimo's double hopes end as she crashes out

Kenya's Olympic 800 metres women's champion Pamela Jelimo's hopes of adding world gold ended here on Monday as she pulled up in her semi-final at the world championships.The 19-year-old - who carried all before her last year including a ...

Defending champion Jepkosgei out of 800m worlds

Kenya's defending champion Janeth Jepkosgei's hopes of retaining her 800 metres title came to a disastrous end in the first round here at the World Athletics Championships on Sunday.The 26-year-old silver medalist in the 2008 Olympics went crashing to ...

Defending 800m champion Jepkosgei out of worlds

Kenya's defending champion Janeth Jepkosgei's hopes of retaining her 800 metres title came to a disastrous end in the first round here at the World Athletics Championships on Sunday.The 26-year-old silver medalist in the 2008 Olympics went crashing to ...

Kenya's million-dollar baby dazzles hometown

Six months ago Pamela Jelimo was barely known in her Kenyan village, but after winning the 800m at the Beijing Olympics she is a million-dollar star.Under a blazing Rift Valley sun, thousands of well-behaved but exuberant villagers, fans and the curious ...
Olympic 800m champion Pamela Jelimo late on Tuesday caused a big media stampede on arrival back home as the clamour to grab a piece of Kenya's athletics millionaire nearly turned ugly.Local and foreign journalists pushed and shoved each other to ...
Olympian Usain Bolt runs 9.77 in cold, wet conditions for win at Van Damme, his season finaleUsain Bolt rallied against cold, wind and Asafa Powell to win the 100 meters in 9.77 seconds Friday at the Van Damme Memorial.Running ...
For the love of her mother who couldn't make it big in athletics in the early 1970s, Kenya's Pamela Jelimo wants to reward her by striking gold in Beijing.The 18-year-old, 800 metres athlete has taken the world by storm ...