2018 African Youth Games in Algiers – report
Day 1 South Africa earned 3 gold on the first day of athletics competition at the African Youth Games in Algiers (u18), with wins for Jason Tito in the boys’ long jump with 7.53m (no…
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Obituary – Ethiopian marathoner Kebede Balcha
SAD NEWS – One of the world’s top marathoners in the 1980s, Ethiopia’s Kebede Balcha is no more. Kebede Balcha passed away after illness on July 10 2018 in Toronto at the age of 66.…
TAMPERE 2018 – A look at the African participation at the World U20 championships
Effective participation of 19 countries (35 absent). 7 countries in the placing table (having at least 1 athlete in the top 8) 4 countries in the medal table, as Kenyan topped the medal table with…
Highlights of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games, 8-15/04/2018
GOLD COAST 2018 COMMONWEALTH GAMES – April 15 Namibia’s Helalia Johannes won the women’s marathon in 2:32:40. That’s the biggest victory for the 37-year old who started representing her country internationally in 2007 and the…
OBITUARY – Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa MAD (1943-2016)
Passing of Madacascar’s Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa, one of the big names in African sprints Madagascar’s sprint legend Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa passed away on Tuesday September 27th, aged 73. He is the only athlete from Madagascar to make…
IAAF crisis: Papa Massata Diack’s interview with TFM, 22/12/2015
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Marrakech 2014: the African championships in pictures and videos
RESULTS: http://results.caamarrakech2014.org/ Photo galleries African Athletics United/Africathle.com: Friday training, Saturday training, August 10, August 11, August 12, August 13, August 14 Kenya’s photo agency Pic Centre Athletics Africa Algerian Federation Facebook Page Menara photo galleries:…
Marrakech 2014: national teams
Here I will post provisional entry lists that I can find for participating countries 3 absent countries: Liberia, Malawi, Rwanda Algeria (27) MEN 100m: Skender Athmani 10.43 800m: Taoufik Makhloufi 1:44.73 1500m: Taoufik Makhloufi…
Winter championships qualifier, Kairouan (Tunisia) 23/02/2014
Source: Full results on Tunisathlé Note: Hand timing, start given with whistle, no wind measurement MEN 2000m youth: Iskander Jhinaoui 5:47.0, Mohamed Amin Jhinaoui 5:50.0 High jump: Amen Hemissi 1.90m, Seif Eddine Ben Kahla 1.90m,…
Commonwealth Queen’s baton relay
BOTSWANA, January 30 Nijel Amos NAMIBIA, January 29 Beata Naigambo, marathon ZAMBIA, January 27 Samuel Matete MALAWI, January 24 SEYCHELLES, January 21 Lissa Labiche, high jump RWANDA, January 16 Kipchoge Keino KEN UGANDA, January 14…