Sports; Area sports; The return of Henry Rono: The most talented runner of his generation takes the unexpected route back home July 23, 2022 Updated Sat., July 23, 2022 at 9:24 p.m.

Henry Rono, a Kenyan distance runner who was unable to walk until he was 6 after a gruesome injury to his right leg when he was a toddler but went on to break four world records in just 81 days in ...

Forty-four years ago, Henry Rono set multiple world records on the track. Much of his life was later overshadowed by addiction. But at 70, he has no regrets.

Henry Rono resisted having his life defined by 81 magical running days in 1978, or by the tragic downward spiral that overtook him a scant few years later. For him, ...

Henry Rono, a prodigious distance-running talent who set four world track-and-field records over an 81-day period in 1978, died in his native Kenya. He was 72. Rono lived for years ...

Henry Rono of Kenya, who set four world records in 81 days in 1978, died in a Nairobi hospital on February 15, according to The Nation. He had turned 72 just three days earlier.

Henry Rono resisted having his life defined by 81 magical running days in 1978, or by the tragic downward spiral that overtook him a scant few years later. For him, ...

Henry Rono claimed the NCAA Cross Country Championships title on three occasions in 1976, 1977, and 1979. He was only the third runner after Gerry Lindgren and Steve Prefontaine to achieve this ...

Track and field legend Henry Rono, who broke four world records in 81 days in 1978, died Thursday, according to Athletics Kenya. He was 72.