Africa-Press – Angola. The engagement of the Angolan Athletics Federation (FAA) in creating conditions for national athletes to reach international levels was reiterated, in Luanda, by its president, Bernardo João.
When balancing the National Championships, for both sexes, played on the track at Estádio dos Coqueiros, Saturday and Sunday, won by athletes from Petro de Luanda, the sports director stated that the participants presented adequate performances and that it obliges the federation to work more in the next.
“There were hard-fought competitions in several specialties, which allowed us to use the automatic recording system (electronic timing), to better measure the competitors’ times”, Therefore, despite being at the end of our mandate, we will create the necessary conditions, for those who When you arrive, continue with the equipment and programmed actions.
He added that the technology (Photo Finish) used in sports that reproduces the image of the finish line, helping to determine who was the winner, had the help of the Mozambique counterpart, so that the results can be official and registered by international organizations.As for the competition, Clube Petro de Luanda became senior national athletics champion, in both classes, winning ten gold medals and three silver medals.
In the men’s category, they won five gold medals and two silver medals, while in the women’s category, they won the same number in gold and one less in silver.
Interclube and Escola Dibondo Abrão occupied the subsequent places on the podium.
The oil athlete Marcos dos Santos, national record holder in the 100 and 200 meter freestyle, only contributed with the gold medal in the 100 meter, in the first event.
Later, he complained of a muscle strain in his left thigh, while competing in the relay. As a precaution, he was removed from his favorite race, the 200 meter freestyle.
The championship featured 13 teams from Luanda, Bengo and Cuanza-Sul, with Escola Dibondo Abrão (Luanda) standing out with 57 athletes, among the few more than 100 registered.
In some individual records, there is emphasis on the achievements of António Teko (Bichos do Mato), in the 5000 meters, with a time of 14min28s. Manuel Chivela (Petro) won gold in the 800 meters, running the distance in 1min56s17.
José de Carvalho dominated the high jump specialty by jumping 1.84 meters. Nicolau Buende, from Interclube, won the triple jump event, with 13.46 meters.
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