Cali 2015: SA’s Paul Botha grabs shock Javelin gold
South African Paul Jacobus Botha threw a lifetime best of 78.49m to clinch a shock gold medal in boys’ Javelin at the IAAF World Youth Championships, Cali 2015 on Sunday.
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South African Paul Jacobus Botha threw a lifetime best of 78.49m to clinch a shock gold medal in boys’ Javelin at the IAAF World Youth Championships, Cali 2015 on Sunday.
Richard Yator Kimunyan edged a frantic three-way dash to the line to secure another gold medal for Kenya in the boys’ 3000m, in 7:54.45, at the IAAF World Youth Championships, Cali 2015 on Sunday.
Willy Tarbei and Kipyegon Bett secured Kenya’s first 1-2 in the boys’ 800m event for 10 years at the 9th IAAF World Youth Championships, Cali 2015 on Saturday.
Ethiopia’s Bedatu Hirpa powered past Bahrain’s Dalila Abdulkadir Gosa to win gold in the girls’ 1500m at the IAAF World Youth Championships, Cali 2015 on Saturday, her winning time of 4:12.92 a 2015 world youth lead.
Werner Visser produced a huge 64.24m throw in the third round to win the boys’ discus for South Africa at the 9th IAAF World Youth Championships, Cali 2015 on Saturday.
Kumari Taki and Celliphine Chepteek Chespol delivered two gold medals for Kenya on day three of the 9th IAAF World Youth Championships, Cali 2015 on Friday.
Ethiopian Genzebe Dibaba smashed the outdoor World Record for the women’s 1500m in 3:50.07 at the Meeting Herculis, IAAF Diamond League in Monaco on Friday.
Shuru Bulo sprinted to victory in 9:01.12 to deliver the first gold medal for Ethiopia on Day One of the 2015 IAAF World Youth Championships in Cali, Colombia on Wednesday.
Sergey Bubka has underlined the importance of schools athletics competitions for the future development of the sport following the conclusion of the World Athletics Schools’ Championships in Wuhan, China.
Tosin Adeloye, Ese Brume and Nicholas Imhoaperamhe dominated at the third Athletics Federation of Nigeria – AFN Golden League meet held in Akure on Saturday July 11, 2015.
Ethiopia’s Genzebe Dibaba set an African women’s 1500m record of 3:54.11 at the Míting Internacional d’Atletisme Centenari de la Federació Catalana held in Barcelona’s Estadi Joan Serrahima stadium on Wesdnesday.
African champion Isaac Makwala of Botswana reclaimed the African 400m record in La Chaux-de-Fonds on Sunday, less than 24 hours after the mark was erased by South African Wayde van Niekerk.
Henricho Bruintjies sets a new South African record of 9.97 secs for men’s 100m at the 2015 Resisprint International meeting in the Swiss city of La Chaux-de-Fonds on Sunday
South African Wayde van Niekerk smashes African 400m record with 43.96 in Paris, Birech overcame Jager at last hurdle, Dibaba and Sum shine in Paris – IAAF Diamond League on Saturday.
Zimbabweans Nkosiyazi Sibanda and Thabitha Tsatsa claimed victories in the men’s and women’s races at the 2015 Econet Wireless Victoria Falls Marathon on Sunday.
London Marathon champion Tigist Tufa from Ethiopia will head the women’s field at the 2015 Morrisons Great North Run, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, on Sunday September 13.
Kenya will be represented by 25 athletes and six officials at the 9th IAAF World Youth Championships, Cali 2015 in Colombia next month – July 15-19, 2015.
The 2nd IAAF World Youth Coaches Conference will be held in Cali, Colombia, on Monday 20 July after the IAAF World Youth Championships, Cali 2015.
Nicholas Imhoaperamhe and Nkem Ezealah stormed to sprint victories at the second leg of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria – AFN Golden League meeting in Abuja on Saturday.
The second leg of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, AFN Golden League meet initially fixed for Kaduna State will now take place in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
Kenyan Mary Keitany smashed the course record while compatriot Josphat Kiptis surprised the men favourites at the 2015 Mattoni Olomouc Half Marathon on Saturday June 20.
Abraham Cheroben and Rose Chelimo brave torrid heat to achieve a Kenyan double at the Mattoni Ceske Budejovice Half Marathon in Ceske Budejovice on Satuday June 6.
Zimbabwean teenager Leon Tafirenyika could see his dream of competing at the 2015 IAAF World Youth Championships in Cali shattered due to lack of funds to travel to Colombia.
Nicholas Imhoaperamhe and Wisdom Isoken Igbinosun dominated the 100m races at the 1st Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) Golden League 2015 series held at the Rojenny Stadium in Oba on Thursday.
Asbel Kiprop, Jairus Birech, Genzebe Dibaba and Murielle Ahoure are some of the African winners at the 50th ExxonMobil Bislett Games – IAAF Diamond League meeting in Oslo on Thursday.
Ethiopia’s world indoor 3,000m champion, Genzebe Dibaba has officially revealed to the media her intent to break the world 5,000m record in Oslo on Thursday evening.
Defending champion Lebogang Phalula sprinted the last kilometre to win the Durban leg of the Spar Women’s 10km Challenge in 33 minutes and 36 seconds on Sunday morning.
Kenya’s Julius Yego extended the African Javelin record to 91.39 metres in dramatic fashion at the IAAF Diamond league meeting in Birmingham on Sunday.
Athletics Federation of Nigeria adds three new meets to its Golden League series to further prepare the national athletes for the 2015 IAAF World Championships in Beijing and the African Games in Brazzaville.
The Millennium Marathon, the first ever international long distance race to be held in Ghana, on September 6, 2015 has been approved by the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races (AIMS).
Kenyans Wilson Kipsang and Geoffrey Ronoh are set to renew their rivalry, while Mary Keitany makes her RunCzech debut at the 2015 Mattoni Olomouc Half Marathon on June 20.
More than $11,000 USD is on offer at the 2015 Econet Wireless Victoria Falls Marathon taking place in the Zimbabwean scenic resort town on Sunday 28 June, 2015.
Ghana’s Lydia Mato sets her sights on the national 1500m record after breaking 23-year-old national 3000m with a personal best time of 9:31.97 about two weeks ago.
Lydia Mato continues to dominate all races she competed in from 1500m to 10000m, and the latest Ghana Athletics Association rankings for Ghanaian athletes.
11 World leads, Five Meeting and Four Diamond League Records Fall at the opening meeting of the 2015 IAAF Diamond League in Doha on Friday night.
Kenyans Stephen Sambu and Betsy Saina emerged victorious at the 2015 Morrisons Great Manchester Run; Stephen Mokoka smashed 35-year-old South African record.
Ghana’s home-based athletes got their national circuit season underway at the 2015 Interplast Ghana / Ghana Athletics Association (GAA) National Circuit Championships at the Sunyani Secondary School (SUSEC) grass track on Saturday.
Ethiopian long distance running legend Haile Gebrselassie has announced his final decision to retire from competitive running.
Ethiopian and Kenyan women will battle for supremacy over the 3000m Steeplechase at the Doha 2015 meeting taking place at the Qatar Sports Club on Friday May 15.
Nigeria wins the women’s 4x200m gold in dramatic fashion while Kenya settles for silver in the women’s distance medley on the first day of the IAAF/BTC World Relays, Bahamas 2015.
Reigning world champions Asbel Kiprop and Mohammed Aman will clash with Nijel Amos in a scintillating 800m contest on the Qatar Sports Club track at the Doha 2015 meeting on Friday May 15.
Kenyan Geoffrey Ronoh, one of 2014 marathon’s rising star, is the man to beat in the absence of Patrick Terer at the 2015 Volkswagen Prague Marathon on Sunday May 3.
Here’s the list of African athletes competing for their countries – Namibia, Nigeria, Kenya and Botswana – at the 2nd IAAF/BTC World Relays 2015 in Nassau, The Bahamas this weekend.
A total prize purse of USD $1.4million will be paid by the IAAF for the men’s and women’s races at the 2nd IAAF/BTC World Relays in Nassau, The Bahamas on May 2-3, 2015
The Ugandan Athletics coach, Peter Wemali, who was arrested for allegedly defiling and raping three female national runners, was said to have infected the athletes with the HIV virus, court heard on Thursday.
Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge outsprinted defending champion Wilson Kipsang to win the closest men’s race at the Virgin Money London Marathon for eight years.
Ethiopian Tigist Tufa tore up the prediction book to win the 35th edition of the Virgin Money London Marathon over more fancied Kenyan rivals in London on Sunday.
Kenya’s world marathon record holder Dennis Kimetto was on Friday honoured with an official Guinness World Records certificate ahead of his much-anticipated debut at the Virgin Money London Marathon on Sunday.
The 2015 Warri Relays/CAA Grand Prix has been rescheduled to July 24, 2015 at the Warri Township stadium in Delta-State, the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) has confirmed.
Organisers of the 3rd Okpekpe 10km Road Race announces a quantum increase in the prize money for the first nine Edo-state born finishers in the men’s and women’s races.
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