Rosa & Co.
2019–21
4 team-issue pieces from the 2019–21 cycle live in our archive — the season this page reads, athlete by athlete, in the group's Nike kit.
Nike Rosa & Co. 2019–21 kit is team issue of Rosa Associati — the Italian agency behind Kenyan marathoning — from the 2019–21 season, made by Nike for the group's athletes and camps and never retailed.
This page reads the season first: what the group's athletes actually did that year, verified result by result — then the cycle's kit, and every piece of it in our archive.
Part of our Brand Series — the full story is in The History of Rosa & Co Pro Elite Team. Jump to the full cycle collection or browse the category.
- What it is
- The group's first Nike cycles in the archive — 2019 to 2021
- Doha 2019
- Chepngetich: 2:17:08 course record in Dubai, then Chicago champion in 2021
- Chicago 2019
- Kosgei 2:14:04 world record — Radcliffe's mark, 16 years old, gone by 81 s
- London
- Kosgei wins 2019 and the 2020 bubble — youngest champion, then defender
- Sapporo 2021
- Kosgei: London 2019 and 2020 — the youngest champion in the race's history
- The halves
- Chepngetich 1:04:02 (Istanbul WR) · Kiplimo 57:31 (Lisbon WR)
- In our archive
- 4 pieces of the earliest cycles — incl. the 2019 crop, the oldest Rosa piece we hold
Three Seasons, One Cascade
The oldest Rosa & Co. kit in our archive comes from the group's hottest streak: three seasons in which its athletes took a sixteen-year-old world record apart in Chicago, won London twice over and stacked half marathon records like firewood. The cascade runs downhill and gets faster at every step.
The cascade (table)
| Mark | Who / where | What |
|---|---|---|
| 2:18:20 | Kosgei – London 2019 | Youngest winner in the race s history |
| 2:14:04 | Kosgei – Chicago WR, Oct 2019 | Radcliffe s 16-year record, gone by 81 seconds |
| 1:04:02 | Chepngetich – Istanbul half WR, 2021 | 29 seconds off the old record |
| 57:31 | Kiplimo – Lisbon half WR, Nov 2021 | One second under Kandie today he holds it at 57:20 |
Dubai, Chicago, London, Lisbon
2019 opened with Ruth Chepngetich's 2:17:08 course record in Dubai in January; what she did in Doha that autumn was done in Kenya's federation kit and lives in our Kenya 2019 page. On 13 October Brigid Kosgei, raised in the group's Kapsait camp, ran 2:14:04 in Chicago: Paula Radcliffe's world record, 16 years old, gone by 81 seconds. Kosgei had already won London that spring as the youngest champion in the race's history.
The pandemic year narrowed to one bubble in St James's Park — and the group took it over: Kosgei defended London (2:18:58) with Chepngetich third. In 2021 Chepngetich broke the half marathon world record in Istanbul (1:04:02) and won Chicago; and the group's young Ugandan, Jacob Kiplimo — world half champion at 19 in Gdynia — closed the era with the 57:31 half record in Lisbon. He holds the record today, at 57:20.
From this era · in the archiveNike Rosa & Co. Pro Elite Team 2020/2021 Women Running ShortsRoyal racing shorts from the bubble-and-Sapporo cycle — the era's quiet workhorse issue.140,00 €View piece →The Kit of the Cycle
The earliest Rosa & Co. cycles set the group's identity: a magenta zig-zag knit crop from 2019 — the oldest piece in the archive — royal-blue racing shorts and bright orange training layers with tonal flash prints. Orange and royal, the axis everything later returned to.
Group kit identifies a stable rather than a nation, which is why so little of it surfaces — our authentication guide covers the athlete-issue tells.
From this era · in the archiveNike Rosa & Co. Pro Elite 2019 Women Crop TopThe magenta zig-zag crop of 2019 — the oldest Rosa & Co. piece in the archive, from the season of Doha and the 2:14:04.250,00 €View piece →The Full 2019–21 Cycle in the Archive
Every 2019–21 piece we hold, grouped by edition — in-stock first, sold pieces dimmed and documented, refreshed against live stock. For the group's whole story and the other cycles, see the Rosa & Co pillar.
What is Rosa & Co. 2019–21 kit?
The earliest Nike team issue of Rosa Associati in our archive: the 2019 magenta knit crop, royal racing shorts and orange training layers from the group's hottest competitive streak. Four pieces survive with us.
What did Rosa athletes win between 2019 and 2021?
The marathon world record (Kosgei's 2:14:04, Chicago 2019), Dubai and Chicago (Chepngetich), London 2019 and the 2020 bubble edition, the Istanbul half marathon world record (Chepngetich, 1:04:02) and the Lisbon half record (Kiplimo, 57:31).
Do any of those records still stand?
The marks themselves have moved on — but two lineages continue: Kiplimo still holds the half marathon record today at 57:20 (Lisbon 2026), and the women's marathon record returned to the group in 2024 through Chepngetich's 2:09:56.
How do I recognise a 2019–21 Rosa piece?
The magenta zig-zag knit of the 2019 crop, royal-blue racing shorts, and orange training layers with tonal flash prints — earlier, brighter and scarcer than the badge-era kit that followed.
Sources and References
- Rosa Associati brings 20 to Doha — runblogrun — The 2019 Rosa expedition; Chepngetich’s gold as its first medal
- Kosgei smashes world record in Chicago — NPR — 2:14:04, 2019
- London Marathon 2020 — World Athletics — Kosgei defends; Chepngetich third
- Chepngetich Istanbul half record — World Athletics — 1:04:02, April 2021
- Tokyo Olympic women's marathon — World Athletics — Kenyan one-two; Kosgei silver
- Kiplimo world half record, Lisbon — World Athletics — 57:31, Nov 2021
- Kosgei wins Tokyo Marathon — LetsRun — 2:16:02 course record
- Chicago 2022: Chepngetich 2:14:18 — World Athletics — 14 seconds from the record
- Bathurst 2023: Kiplimo senior title — World Athletics — World cross double with Chebet
- Chebet 5km world record, Barcelona — World Athletics — 14:13, 31 Dec 2023; lowered to 13:54 in 2024
- World record at the Prefontaine Classic — World Athletics — Chebet 28:54.14
- Chebet wins 5000m Olympic gold — ESPN — The Paris double
- Chepngetich 2:09:56 world record — LetsRun — Chicago 2024; still official
- Chepngetich banned for three years — CNN — October 2025; sample March 2025
- Kiplimo world half record, Lisbon 2026 — Athletics Weekly — 57:20 ratified; the Barcelona 56:42 was not
- Tokyo Marathon 2026: Kosgei wins — World Athletics — 2:14:29, March 2026