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Africa: Ivorian, Nigerian Sprinters Win World Games Medals
Africa Top Sports, 17 August 2013
These 2013 World Athletics are full of surprise. For the first time in the history of the sprint, two Africans on the podium. Read more »
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Nigeria: Okagbare Wins Second Medal for Nigeria
This Day, 17 August 2013
Captain of the Nigerian team to 14th IAAF World Championships here in Moscow, Blessing Okagbare lived up to her ratings yesterday, adding the bronze medal of the women's 200m to… Read more »
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Cote d'Ivoire: Ivorian Runner Wins Silver
Africa Top Sports, 12 August 2013
Big sensation at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow. Murielle Ahouré finished the women's 100m final in the second place synonymous with a silver medal. After an exceptional… Read more »
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Cote d'Ivoire: Ivorian Sprinter Ahouré Challenges 200m Favourite
RFI, 7 August 2013
One of the favourites for the women's 200 metres title, the American Allyson Felix, will face a serious challenge from the fast-improving Murielle Ahouré from Côte… Read more »
Now African Sprinters Star on World Stage
East Africa is renowned for its long-distance runners, but Murielle Ahouré of Cote d'Ivoire and Nigeria's Blessing Okagbare have now taken medals at the 100- and 200-metre races at the World Athletics Championships in Moscow.
Ivorian sprinter Murielle Ahouré won silver medals in the women's 100m and 200m finals at the World Athletics Championships in Moscow.
