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Wayde van Niekerk of South Africa during the men’s 400m world record race in Rio 2016 / Photo Credit: Roger Sedres

Semenya, van Niekerk, five other African athletes shortlisted for IAAF awards

October 27, 2016

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South Africans, Wayde van Niekerk and Caster Semenya are among the seven African athletes that have been shortlisted for the 2016 IAAF World Athlete of the Year award.

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Hicham-El-Guerrouj meets the press ahead of the World Athletics Gala in Monaco on Thur Nov 20, 2014 / Photo credit: IAAF / Giancarlo Colombo

Morocco

Africa can't bid for World Championships yet - Hicham El Guerrouj

November 21, 2014

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Yomi Omogbeja

Moroccan distance running legend, Hicham El Guerrouj, said it would take another decade before an African federation can realistically bid for IAAF World Championships.

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Watch the Live streaming of the 2014 World Athletics Gala

November 21, 2014

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Watch the re-run of the Live streaming of the 2014 World Athletics Gala from the Chapiteau de Fontvielle in Monaco – courtesy of the International Association of Athletics Federations – IAAF.

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World marathon record-holder, Dennis Kimetto, from Kenya was inspired by listening to athletics commentary on radio / Photo credit: IAAF - Giancarlo Colombo

Life & Style

It was the poverty that made me run - Dennis Kimetto

November 21, 2014

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Motunde Smith

World marathon record-holder, Dennis Kimetto, from Kenya was inspired by listening to athletics commentary on radio, and he thought athletics was the way to escape poverty.

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Nijel Amos speaks with the press in Monaco / Photo Credit: Giancarlo-Colombo / IAAF

Botswana

Glasgow 2014 final my hardest race ever - Nijel Amos

November 21, 2014

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Yomi Omogbeja

Commonwealth and African 800m champion Nijel Amos said the Glasgow 2014 men’s 800m final, where he out-kicked Kenya’s David Rudisha for the gold medal, was the hardest race of his life.

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Kenyan Dennis Kimetto and Ethiopian Genzebe Dibaba made the final three-person shortlist for the 2014 World Athlete of the Year Award.

Africa

Kimetto and Dibaba make final IAAF World Athlete shortlist

October 17, 2014

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Yomog Meje

Kenya’s Dennis Kipruto Kimetto and Ethiopia’s Genzebe Dibaba have made the final three-person shortlist for the 2014 IAAF World Athlete of the Year Award.

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