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Commonwealth Games 10,000m champion Stella Chesang from Uganda said she would be under pressure to deliver a gold medal when she lines up at the 21st CAA Africa Championships in Asaba, Nigeria from 1-5 August, 2018.
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Two-time World Military Games champion Pauline Korikwiang of Kenya returned from poor form and a long term injury layoff in style to make the Kenyan team to the 2018 CAA African Championships in Asaba, Nigeria from 1-5 August.
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Athletics South Africa announce a 79-member final Athletics team for the 21st CAA African Senior Championships to be held in Asaba, Nigeria between 1-5 August 2018.
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A 29-member national Athletics team has been announced by the SA Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) for the third edition of the African Youth Games in Algiers, Algeria between 19-28 July.
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The Local Organising Committee for the Asaba 2018 African Senior Athletics Championships have sounded a final note of warning to journalists and media practitioners yet to complete their accreditation procedure and are hoping to cover the August 1-5 event in Delta State, Nigeria.
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A 39-member strong team has been named by Athletics South Africa for the inaugural edition of the Athletics World Cup to be held in London, England between 14-15 July.
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The 21st African Senior Athletics Championships – Asaba 2018 – will be attracting the continent’s big names to Asaba, Delta State and one of those expected to light up the oil-rich City is World 5,000m champion, Hellen Onsando Obiri from Kenya.
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Rikenette Steenkamp broke the South African women’s 100m Hurdles record, clocking 12.91 seconds, at the Josef Odlozil Memorial Track and Field Meeting in Prague on Monday night.
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South African Caster Semenya produced another peerless display of middle-distance running to set a meeting record and world lead of 1:55.92 in the women’s 800m at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene on Saturday
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A Kenyan double as the reigning World Half Marathon champion Geoffrey Kamworor and Agnes Tirop win both titles at the TCS World 10K in Bengaluru, India, on Sunday.
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Nigeria’s leading commercial bank, Zenith Bank Plc has been announced as the official sponsor of the 21st CAA African Senior Athletics Championship Asaba 2018.
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A strong women’s field, with elite runners from across the globe, has been assembled to challenge Ethiopia’s IAAF World Half Marathon Valencia 2018 winner Netsanet Gudeta at the TCS World 10K Bengaluru 2018 on Sunday 27 May.
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Kenya’s Alex Korio, the defending TCS World 10K champion, will return to Bengaluru and take on his compatriot and IAAF World Half Marathon Championships Valencia 2018 winner Geoffrey Kamworor at this year’s race on Sunday 27 May.
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Kenya’s Geoffrey Kamworor and Ethiopia’s Netsanet Gudeta, both reigning IAAF World Half Marathon champions from Valencia 2018, will head the men’s and women’s elite fields at the TCS World 10K Bengaluru 2018 on Sunday 27 May, race promoters Procam International have announced.
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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.
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Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) inspectors signed off from their two-day visit to Asaba, Delta-State by praising the city’s level of preparedness to host the 2018 African Senior Athletics Championships in August.
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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.
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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.
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Delegates from the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) arrive in Nigeria for an inspection tour of the facilities to host the 21st African Senior Championships in Asaba this August.
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CIV’s World silver medallist Marie-Josée Ta Lou, Team Qatar’s Abderrahman Samba and Mutaz Barshim were impressive as eight world leads and five meeting records were set at Doha’s opening of 2018 IAAF Diamond League season.
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