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Zimbabwe: Support Qualifying Athletes - Nyoni
The Herald, 23 August 2021
ATHLETICS coach Zibusiso Nyoni says support for local athletes when they qualify for international competitions is critical to their preparations. Read more »
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Namibia: On Top of the World
Namibian, 23 August 2021
As the national anthem reverberated loud inside Nairobi's vast Kasarani Stadium and the Namibian flag melodically fluttered to the tune in the afternoon breeze, the camera zoomed… Read more »
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Kenya: Kenya Tops the World as U20 Champs End
Nation, 22 August 2021
Kenya finished at the top of the medal standings as the curtain was drawn on the 18th edition of the World Athletics Under-20 Championships at the Moi International Sports Centre,… Read more »
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Capital FM, 22 August 2021
Kindness is a language in which the deaf can hear and the blind can see, so goes a famous adage. Read more »
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Kenya: Teenage Sensation Sasha Zhoya Peerless in 110m Hurdles
Nation, 22 August 2021
Frenchman Sasha Zhoya, 19, set the first World Athletics Under-20 Championships record on African soil with a jaw-dropping 12.72 seconds in the 110 metres hurdles at Moi… Read more »
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Nigeria: World U20 Athletics Championships - Nigeria Wins Another Gold, Finishes Third Overall
Premium Times, 22 August 2021
Four of the seven medals won by the Nigerian athletes were gold. Read more »
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Kenya: Serem Dazzles to Clinch World U20 Steeple Title, Tops Up With 'Kemboi' Dance
Capital FM, 22 August 2021
Amos Serem dazzled with a brilliant finishing kick, blazing the home stretch to clinch the World Athletics Under-20 Championship steeplechase title with a time of 8mins, 30.72secs. Read more »
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Uganda: Ugandan's Fastest Man Qualifies for 200m Final
Independent (Kampala), 21 August 2021
Uganda's sprinter Tarsis Orogot stormed the 200m finals Friday as long distance duo Toroitich Ndiwa and Leonard Chemutai made the men's 3000m steeplechase finals after finishing… Read more »
U20 World Championships End With Kenya Cleaning Out Medals
Kenya has finished top of the medals table at the World Athletics Under-20 Championships at the Moi Sports Centre Kasarani, with the men's 4x400m relay team putting an end to the event with a bronze in the final day, taking Kenya's tally to 16.
Kenya won eight gold medals, a silver, and seven bronze, bettering its last performance in Tampere, Finland, three years ago when the team amassed 11 medals.
Nigeria's total haul of medals at the five-day championship was four gold and three bronze medals which saw that country finish third overall on the final medals table while Zimbabwe's athletes could not go beyond the first round in their respective events.
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After a very disappointing showing from Africa at the Tokyo Olympics 2020, the focus now turns to the 2021 Read more »
Kenya's Amos Serem (left) and Simon Koech celebrate their gold and bronze medals during the men's 3,000m steeplechase medal ceremony event during the World Under-20 Athletics Championships at Kasarani on August 22.
