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[Vanguard] There was celebration amongst the stars. It had been long in coming.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Athletics Kenya (AK) youth development boss Barnaba Korir is hopeful Kenya will replicate their performance at the 2018 World Under 20 Championships at next week's edition in Cali, Colombia.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- In an extraordinary win in its history of athletics, Ethiopia bagged a total of 10 medals, including four gold, four bronze, and two silver at the 18th World Athletics Championship of Eugene, in Oregon, USA. This put Ethiopia second only to the United States in the overall medal table. Competing under Ethiopia's name, Three of the four gold medals and one of the silver medals are won by Tigrayan athletes. Letesenbet Giday prevailed in women's 10,000m, Gotytom Gebreselase grabbed the women's marathon, Gudaf

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- World Under 20 racewalk champion Heristone Wanyonyi says he will battle gallantly to defend his crown in Cali despite being the only Kenyan in the men's 20km walking race.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- In an extraordinary win in its history of athletics, Ethiopia bagged a total of 10 medals, including four gold, four bronze, and two silver at the 18th World Athletics Championship of Eugene, in Oregon, USA. This put Ethiopia second only to the United States in the overall medal table. Competing under Ethiopia's name, Three of the four gold medals and one of the silver medals are won by Tigrayan athletes. Letesenbet Giday prevailed in women's 10,000m, Gotytom Gebreselase grabbed the women's marathon, Gudaf

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Athletics has been one of the top global events that made Ethiopia recognized through its world-class athletes; since the Olympic gold medalist Abebe Bikila won his and Africa's first gold medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, running barefoot, and later his second gold medal at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, the name Ethiopia is synonymous with athletics.

The newly-minted women’s 100m hurdles world champion only got into hurdling through a quirk of fate, having started out as a sprinter and long jumper as a youngster in Nigeria.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) signs agreement with the Commonwealth Games Federation in lead up to the 22nd Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

WATCH - Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan wins the gold medal in the women’s 100m hurdles final in a ‘world record time’, albeit windy, 12.06 (+2.5m/s) at the World Athletics Championships Oregon22.

[Capital FM] Eugene -- An emotional Mary Moraa has dedicated her maiden World Championships medal to orphans in her Obwari village, Nyamira County.

[Capital FM] Eugene -- Newly-crowned world 5000m silver medalist Jacob Krop says the teamwork strategy they had hatched alongside Daniel Simiyu and Nicholas Kimeli failed to work in the finals of the men's 5000m.

Armand Duplantis wrapped up the World Athletics Championships in Eugene in stunning fashion on Sunday, setting a new world record in the pole vault as the curtain came down on the 10-day global track and field extravaganza.

[allAfrica] Cape Town --  

Nigeria's Tobi Amusan wins gold, her compatriot Ese Brume, Jacob Krop and Mary Moraa of Kenya, and Uganda’s Oscar Chelimo scoop minor medals on final day at the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 on Sunday July 24.