From Addis2008:After two days of disappointment, Kenya finally made a bumper harvest as they scooped two gold medals, two silvers and two bronze as the Africa Athletics Championships entered its third day at the Addis Ababa Stadium on Friday. Kenyans ensured a clean sweep in the men’s 3000m steeplechase and picked gold and bronze in [...]
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African Championships Day Two Results
Nigeria: Nigerian duo Olusoji Fasuba and Damola Osayemi won the men’s and women’s 100m in the second day of action at the 16th CAA African Athletics Championships. Osayemi bagged the gold medal over women’s defending champion Vida Anim of Ghana who took the silver and Cameroon’s Delphine Atangana who settled for the bronze. Meanwhile, Fasuba [...]
African Championships Day Two: Melkamu Emerges From Shadow of Compatriot
After playing bridesmaid to Meseret Defar’s bride in several events, Ethiopia’s Meselech Melkamu finally emerged from the shadows of her more popular compatriot by beating Defar in the 5,000 meter race at the ongoing African Athletics Championships. From the IAAF: Melkamu took advantage of a slow, tactical race to outgun Defar on the last lap [...]
CAA 2008 Championships: Ethiopians Sweep Men’s 10,000 Meters
From Addis2008:Outstanding front-running by Gebregziabher Gebremariam led Ethiopian compatriots Ibrahim Jeylan and Eshetu Wondimu to a clean sweep of the medals in the opening day of the men’s 10000m at the 16th CAA African Athletics Championships. The 25-year old, who finished sixth in the world championships 10000m in Osaka last year, led for more than [...]
