The conditions were bad because I hadn’t done enough warm-up and we rushed to get into a race and it was raining but you have to do your best and make people enjoy athletics.” “It means a lot to me because it’s going to make me push even harder to get more medals for my country. Your Friends Also Read: Sundowns Beat Chiefs to Blow PSL Title Race Wide Open “I didn’t do enough warm-up – I was scared I would pull a muscle, or anything could happen,” reacted the new African men’s 200m champion, Letsile Tebogo of Botswana, after winning in 20.26 seconds. My aim this season is to reach the final at the World Championships and try my best to be on the podium.”Ī championships characterised by heavy rain and wind was once again accompanied by late programming changes that made life difficult for the athletes. “Unfortunately, with the rain it wasn’t easy, but I gave it all out there.
“This is my first gold medal, and this is also the first gold medal for Niger at the African Athletics Championship – I’m very pleased with it and I’m very proud,” Seyni told reporters. No Nigerien had ever won a medal at the championships before, and the 25-year-old, who had recently defeated American Allyson Felix in Ostrava, won the gold medal in 23.04 seconds. Your Friends Also Read: Business Edge | Kenya Engages World Bank For $200m Loan Facilityīurkina Faso won two gold medals, while six other countries took one, with Aminatou Seyni of Niger making history in the women’s 200m. Nigeria and Algeria won five gold medals each to finish third and fourth on the table, just ahead of Ethiopia and Botswana, who each won four gold medals at the first finals, which featured a record 47 nations. “The last two years have been challenging because of an injury – I contemplated retiring but now I’m confident I still have what it takes,” Yego told newsmen. The Kenyan, who won the world title in 2015, said the victory has given him a boost in another World Championship year, with the competition taking place in the United States in just over a month. Javelin star Julius Yego threw 79.62m, a season’s best, to defeat Egypt’s Ihab Abdelrahman and win a historic fourth straight title. On Sunday, Kenya won its tenth gold medal and 23rd overall, finishing ahead of South Africa, which had one gold medal less but a superior 36 overall. Kenya finished first in the medals table for the second time in a row as the African Athletics Championships concluded on Sunday in Mauritius.
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