Live Updates – World Athletics Championships Budapest 23
All the latest news, action highlights and behind the scene gists about African athletes at the World Athletics Championships Budapest 23 – from 19-27 August, 2023.
Yomi Omogbeja
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Cybrian Kotut to face strong field in 2023 Hamburg Marathon
Cybrian Kotut, the defending champion and course record holder, will return to the Haspa Marathon Hamburg on 23rd April.
Cali22: Letsile Tebogo jogs 9.91 world U20 record on way to 100m gold
Botswana star Letsile Tebogo smashes his world U20 100m record, clocking 9.91 (0.8m/s) to retain his title, at the World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia.
Onyekwere hauls historic Discus gold for Nigeria at Commonwealth Games
The reigning African champion Chioma Onyekwere becomes the first Nigerian woman to win Commonwealth Games gold in the Discus Throw event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Tuesday.
CALI22: Ethiopian Yihune takes World Athletics U20 Men’s 5000m Gold
Addisu Yihune of Ethiopia out-sprinted Merhawi Mebrahtu of Eritrea to claim the men’s 5000m title 14:03.05 to 14:03.33 at the World Athletics U20 Championships Cali22 on Monday.
CALI22: Chelangat claims first Gold for Kenya in women’s 3000m
Team Kenya grabs the first gold medal of the World Athletics U20 Championships Cali22 after Betty Chelangat won the women’s 3000m final in 9:01.03 on Monday.
Tobiloba Amusan pushes boundaries with huge 100m hurdles world record
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.
Video: Tobi Amusan sets 12.12 world 100m hurdles record
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.
Amusan smashes World 100m hurdles Record at Oregon22 in 12.12 seconds
Nigerian dynamite Tobi Amusan put together a flawless race to set a new world record of 12.12 secs in the 100m hurdles semifinals at World Athletics Championships Oregon22.
In Pictures: AFN Nigeria World Championships and Commonwealth Games Trials, Benin 2022
Photo Gallery of the AFN Nigeria World Athletics Championships and Commonwealth Games Trials – Benin 2022
In Pictures: Presidential honour for Nigerien star Aminatou Seyni in Niamey
Galleria: African 200m champion Aminatou Seyni arrives from the 22nd CAA African Championships Mauritius 2022 to a heroic welcome in Niger / Photo credit: Mami Seyni
In Pictures: Day 5 – African Athletics Championships Mauritius 2022
Photo Gallery of Day 5 at the 22nd CAA African Athletics Championships, Maurice 2022 – Sunday 12 June 2022 from Cote D’or national sports complex in Mauritius.
In Pictures: Day 4 – African Athletics Championships Mauritius 2022
Photo Gallery of Day 4 at the 22nd CAA African Athletics Championships, Maurice 2022 – Saturday 11 June 2022 from Cote D’or national sports complex in Mauritius.
In Pictures: Day 3 – African Athletics Championships Mauritius 2022
Photo Gallery of Day 3 at the 22nd CAA African Athletics Championships, Maurice 2022 – Friday 10 June 2022 from Cote D’or national sports complex in Mauritius.
In Pictures: Day 2 – African Athletics Championships Mauritius 2022
Photo Gallery of Day 2 at the 22nd CAA African Athletics Championships, Maurice 2022 – Thursday 9 June 2022 from Cote D’or national sports complex in Mauritius.
In Pictures: Day 1 – African Athletics Championships Mauritius 2022
Photo Gallery of Day 1 at the 22nd CAA African Athletics Championships, Maurice 2022 – Wednesday 8 June 2022 from Cote D’or national stadium in Mauritius.
Ethiopian men dominate 10,000m final on Day 1 of African Championships in Mauritius
The Ethiopians led by Mogos Tiumay scooped the gold and silver medals ahead of rival Kenya in the first track final of the 22nd African Athletics Championships in Mauritius.
School girl Akanbi shatters Nigerian 3000m record at ISF Gymnasiade Normandy 2022
The 18-year-old school girl record run broke the 33-year-old national record of 9:41.28 in the event, which was set by Itsemhike Anwalimhobor on 22 March 1989 in Benin City.
Video: Timothy Cheruiyot on Asbel Kipsang, first race of the 2022 season
WATCH: We caught up with Timothy Cheruiyot after he finished his first race of the season at the Doha Diamond League on Friday.
Video: Tobi Amusan on being healthy, race at Doha Diamond League 2022
WATCH – Nigerian hurdler Tobiloba Amusan chats with journalists after her second place finish at the Wanda Diamond League 2022 season opener in Doha, Qatar.
World leads for El Bakkali and Niyonsaba at windy Wanda Diamond League in Doha
World leading times for Olympic steeplechase champion Soufiane El Bakkali (Morocco) and Diamond League 5000m champion Francine Niyonsaba (Burundi) at the Ooredoo Doha Meeting, the 2022 Wanda Diamond League opener.
In Pictures: Ooredoo Doha Meeting – 1st Wanda Diamond League 2022
Photo Gallery of the Ooredoo Doha Meeting, first leg of the Wanda Diamond League 2022, held on Friday 13 May 2022 in Doha, Qatar.
Chebet and Jepchirchir triumph at 2022 Boston Marathon
Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir and Evans Chebet made it a double Kenyan celebration after scooping the elite titles at the 126th Boston Marathon on Monday April 18.
Double delight for Zimbabwe at 2022 Two Oceans Half Marathon
Zimbabweans Moses Tarakinyu and Fortunate Chidzivo dominated the 2022 TotalSports Two Oceans Half Marathon in CapeTown, South Africa on Saturday April 16.
What to know about the 22nd CAA African Championships Maurice 2022
After the cancellation of the 2020 CAA African Senior Athletics Championships at the Stade Olympique d’Oran in Algeria, the 22nd edition will now hold at Côte d’Or National Sports Complex, Mauritius in 2022.
In Pictures: World Indoor Championships Belgrade 22
Photo Gallery of African athletes at the World Athletics Indoor Championships Belgrade 22 from 18-20 March, 2022.
Samuel Tefera retains world indoor 1500m title in Belgrade 22
The 22-year-old Ethiopian edged out Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen to retain the world indoor 1500m title at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade.
Gudaf Tsegay drives Ethiopian sweep of 1500m podium in Belgrade
The 25-year-old eclipsed the championship record of 3:59.75, held by compatriot Gelete Burka, to lead an Ethiopian clean sweep of the women’s 1500m, crossing the line in 3:57.19.
Ethiopian duo claim podium finish in Belgrade – 2022 World Indoors
Ethiopians Lemlem Hailu and Ejigayehu Taye claim women’s 3000m podium finish at the World Athletics Indoor Championships, Belgrade 2022.
In Pictures: 2022 Race to Equality Half Marathon
Photo Gallery of the 2022 Race to Equality Half Marathon race in Johannesburg, RSA on Saturday 12 March.
CAA names Team Africa to IAAF Continental Cup Ostrava 2018
The Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) has announced a strong team of 77 athletes (35 Femmes / Women, 39 Hommes / Men, and three reserves) to represent Africa at the IAAF Continental Cup Ostrava 2018 to be held on 8-9 September.
In Pictures: Asaba 2018 African Championships
Gallery: African athletes compete inside the newly renovated Stephen Keshi stadium – venue of the 21st CAA African Senior Athletics Championships, Asaba 2018, in Asaba, Delta State from 1-5 August, 2018.
Live Blog: Day 5 – CAA African Senior Championships Asaba 2018
LIVE Blog on Day 5 of track and field action at the 21st CAA African Senior Athletics Championships (#Asaba2018) from the mainbowl of the Stephen Keshi stadium in Asaba, Nigeria – Sunday 5 August, 2018.
Live Blog: Day 4 – CAA African Senior Championships Asaba 2018
As it happens LIVE on Day FOUR of track and field action at the 21st CAA African Senior Athletics Championships (#Asaba2018) from the mainbowl of the Stephen Keshi stadium in Asaba, Nigeria – Friday 3 August, 2018.
Live Blog: Day 2 – CAA African Senior Championships Asaba 2018
Africa Championships 2018…As it happens LIVE on Day TWO of track and field action at the 21st CAA African Senior Athletics Championships (#Asaba2018) from the mainbowl of the Stephen Keshi stadium in Asaba, Nigeria – Thursday 2 August, 2018.
Live Blog: Day 1 – CAA African Senior Championships Asaba 2018
LIVE Blog of Day ONE of track and field action at the 21st CAA African Senior Athletics Championships (#Asaba2018) from the mainbowl of Stephen Keshi stadium in Asaba, Nigeria – Wednesday 1 August, 2018.
In Pictures: African athletes at Tampere 2018 IAAF U20 Championships
Photo gallery of African athletes at the Tampere 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships from the Ratina Stadium, Tampere, Finland – 10 July – 15 July 2018.
In Pictures: ISF Gymnasiade 2018 in Marrakech – Day 4
Photos of Day 4 of Athletics at the Gymnasiade 2018 World Schools Summer Games in Marrakech, Morocco. May 7, 2018.
In Pictures: ISF Gymnasiade 2018 in Marrakech – Day 3
Photos of Day 3 of Athletics at the Gymnasiade 2018 World Schools Summer Games in Marrakech, Morocco. May 6, 2018.
In Pictures: ISF Gymnasiade 2018 in Marrakech – Day 2
Photos of Day 2 of Athletics at the Gymnasiade 2018 World Schools Summer Games in Marrakech, Morocco. May 5, 2018.
In Pictures: ISF Gymnasiade 2018 in Marrakech – Day 1
Photos of Day 1 of Athletics at the Gymnasiade 2018 World Schools Summer Games in Marrakech, Morocco. May 4, 2018.
Gymnasiade 2018: Morocco closes Athletics in style with two Championships Records
Morocco’s Boys and Girls medley relay teams close the Athletics competition in style, smashing the championships records on the fourth and final day of Gymnasiade 2018 – World School Summer Games – in Marrakech on Monday.
Gymnasiade 2018: Olesite cruises to 400m Gold on Day 2 Athletics
Botswana’s Bernard Olesite destroys the field on his way to claim the Boys 400m gold, and Morocco’s dominance of distance events continues on Day 2 of Athletics competition at the 17th Gymnasiade in Marrakech on Saturday.
Morocco claim double gold on Day 1 Athletics at Gymnasiade 2018
Morocco swept the distance events, claiming both gold and silver medals in the boys and girls 3000m, on the opening day of Athletics competition at Gymnasiade 2018 taking place in Marrakech on Friday 4 May.
Tampere 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships medals unveiled
IAAF World U20 Championships Tampere 2018 medals was unveiled by the Local Organising Committee (LOC) in Tampere, Finland on Wednesday April 25.
Live Blog: Day 7 Athletics – Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games
LIVE Blog of Day SEVEN of Athletics action at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (#GC2018) from inside the Carrara Stadium, Gold Coast, Australia – Saturday 14 April, 2018.
Live Blog: Day 6 Athletics – Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games
LIVE Blog of Day SIX of Athletics action at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (#GC2018) from inside the Carrara Stadium, Gold Coast, Australia – Friday 13 April, 2018.
Live Blog: Day 5 Athletics – Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games
LIVE Blog of Day FIVE of Athletics action at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (#GC2018) from inside the Carrara Stadium, Gold Coast, Australia – Thursday 12 April, 2018.
Live Blog: Day 4 Athletics – Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games
LIVE Blog of Day FOUR of Athletics action at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (#GC2018) from inside the Carrara Stadium, Gold Coast, Australia – Wednesday 11 April, 2018.
Live Blog: Day 3 Athletics – Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games
LIVE Blog of Day THREE of Athletics action at Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (#GC2018) from the Carrara Stadium, in Gold Coast, Australia – Tuesday 10 April, 2018.
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