Editorial

AthleticsAfrica.com, Africa's premier athletics website, is celebrating it's seventh year anniversary today - July 25, 2011.

Alhaji Abdul Karim Ohimai Amu, the longest-serving President of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), who had influenced the athletics career of many and was an icon of Nigerian athletics, has died at the age of 77.

Last season, Nigerian born Spanish hurdler, Josephine Nkiruka Onyia was flying in the grand Prix circuit. From Oslo to Lausanne to Berlin she was the new kid on the block. She won the 100m hurdles in last year's Golden League meetings in Oslo and Berlin.

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) confirms three athletes have failed tests for a new form of EPO named MIRCERA following re-analysis of samples taken by the IOC in Beijing, although the sport's governing body declined to give any names.

South African Gert Thys has been reinstated to all athletics competitions with immediate effect by the Athletics South Africa.

Samsung has sign on as the official electronics partner for the 16th CAA African Athletics Championships in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.