- Most Kenyan runners including Edmund Serem and Lilian Odira won their races at the Kip Keino Classic 2025.
- Australia’s Lachlan Kennedy won the Kip Keino Classic 2025 100m title ahead of Bayanda Walaza and Ferdinand Omanyala.
- Kenyan Javelin star Julius Yego finished fifth at the Kip Keino Classic 2025.
The 2025 Kip Keino Classic has lived to the expectations that many stakeholders had placed on it.
From inspiring victories to shocking upsets, the Kip Keino Classic had all the drama that is usually witnessed in World Athletics Continental Gold Tour events across the globe.
While familiar stars Lilian Odira, Ethan Katzberg, and Edmund Serem triumphed in their respective disciplines, one of the most-talked about outcomes of the day was Julius Yego’s performance.
Julius Yego attains season best throw at Kip Keino Classic 2025
Yego, who won an historic gold medal for Kenya in the 2015 Beijing World Championships, finished outside the podium positions much to the disappointment of the home fans who had turned up in large numbers to support him.
The National Police Service (NPS) athlete settled for the fifth position after achieving a season best throw of 78.74 in the event that was won by Brazil’s Luiz Maurício Dias da Silva 86.34.
The second, third, and fourth positions went to Thomas Rohler (80.79), Leandro Ramos (80.68) and Curtis Thompson (78.78) respectively.
Lilian Odira & Sarah Moraa punch World Championships tickets at Kip Keino Classic 2025
Elsewhere, the Kenyan duo of Odira and Sarah Moraa finished first and third in that order in the 800m race.
The former crossed the finishing line in 1.58.31 to beat Botswana’s Oratile Nowe. Nowe clocked 1:58.47 ahead of Moraa, who stopped the clock at 1:58.96.
Odira, who was part of the Kenya team that took part in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, could not hide her excitement after the race.
“This was my 800m season opener, and I wasn’t expecting to get a PB (Personal Best). I was just coming to gauge the body. But, I am so thankful, I have got another PB here. Yeah, and it will push and motivate me,” she stated.
The brilliant performances from Odira and Moraa ensured they qualified for the 2025 World Athletics Championships.
Below are the selected results for the Kip Keino Classic 2025 event
Results for the ABSA Kip Keino Classic 2025
100m men results at the Kip Keino Classic 2025
- Lachlan Kennedy: 9.98 (PB) Australia
- Bayanda Walaza: 10.03 (South Africa)
- Ferdinand Omanyala: 10.07 (Kenya)
- Shaun Maswanganyi: 10.24 (South Africa)
- Simon Verherstraeten: 10.26 (Belgium)
- Mark Otieno: 10.29 (Kenya)
- Duan Asemota: 10.32 (Canada)
- Claude Itoungue: 10.32 (Cameroon)
1500m women results at the Kip Keino Classic 2025
- Hawi Abera: 4:06.52 (Ethiopia)
- Purity Chepkirui: 4:06.97 (Kenya)
- Ksanet Alem: 4:07.15 (Ethiopia)
- Axumawit Embaye: 4:08.04 (Ethiopia)
- Faith Chebet: 4:13.25 (Kenya)
800m men results at the Kip Keino Classic 2025
- Jonah Koech: 1:43.32 (USA)
- Nicholas Kebenei: 1:43.75 (Kenya)
- Alex Kipngetich: 1:45.17 (Kenya)
- Ferguson Rotich: 1:45.32 (Kenya)
- Cornelius Tuwei: 1:45.58 (Kenya)
100m women results at the Kip Keino Classic 2025
- Maia MCCOY: 11.21 (Liberia)
- Destiny Smith-Barnett: 11.29 (Liberia)
- Bassant Hemida: 11.49 (Egypt)
- Murangi Refilwe: 11:57 (Botswana)
- Shannon Ray: 11:64 (USA)
- Bakani Sebele: 11:66 (Botswana)
- Milcent Ndoro: 11.93 (Kenya)
- Doreen Waka: 11.96 (Kenya)
3000m Steeplechase Women results at the Kip Keino Classic 2025
- Wosane Asefa: 9:30.68 (Ethiopia)
- Kena Tufa: 9:31.72 (Ethiopia)
- Firehiwot Gesese: 9:32.09 (Ethiopia)
- Diana Chepkemoi: 9:41.52 (Kenya)
- Jackline Chepkoech: 9:44.48 (Kenya)
1500m men results at the Kip Keino Classic 2025
- Abel Kipsang: 3:35.09 (Kenya)
- Mathew Kipsang Kipchumba: 3:35.87 (Kenya)
- Vincent Kibet Keter: 3:37.59 (Kenya)
- Charles Cheboi Simotwo: 3:37.75 (Kenya)
- Sendel Musa: 3:39.34 (Ethiopia)
200m men results at the Kip Keino Classic 2025
- Joseph Fahnbulleh: 20.40 (Liberia)
- Shaun Maswanganyi: 20.47 (South Africa)
- William Reais: 20.72 (Switzerland)
800m women results at the Kip Keino Classic 2025
- Lilian Odira: 1:58.31 (Kenya)
- Oratile Nowe: 1:58.47 (Botswana)
- Sarah Moraa: 1:58.96 (Kenya)
- Shafiqua Maloney: 1:59.13 (St. Vincent)
- Judy Kemunto: 2:00.98 (Kenya)
3000m Steeplechase men results at the Kip Keino Classic 2025
- Edmund Serem: 8:27.68 (Kenya)
- Dinka Fikadu: 8:27.97 (Ethiopia)
- Gemechu Godana: 8:31.82 (Ethiopia)
Hammer Throw women results at the Kip Keino Classic 2025
- Camryn Rogers: 77.93 (Canada)
- Koch Katrine Jacobsen: 74.21 (Denmark)
- Janee Kassanavoid: 74.17 (USA)
Hammer Throw men results at the Kip Keino Classic 2025
- Ethan Katzberg: 82.73 (WL) (Canada)
- Matija Greguric: 76.68 (Croatia)
- Daniel Raba: 75.93 (Hungary)
Javelin Throw men results at the Kip Keino Classic 2025
- Luiz Maurício Dias da Silva: 86.34 (Brazil)
- Thomas Rohler: 80.79 (Germany)
- Leandro Ramos: 80.68 (Portugal)
- Curtis Thompson: 78.78 (USA)
- Julius Yego: 78.74 (Kenya)
ALSO READ: Ferdinand Omanyala reveals his main weakness after Kip Keino Classic 2025 upset