{"id":12912,"date":"2022-07-31T13:45:47","date_gmt":"2022-07-31T13:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/how-did-african-athletes-do-at-the-world-athletics-championships"},"modified":"2022-07-31T14:20:42","modified_gmt":"2022-07-31T14:20:42","slug":"how-did-african-athletes-do-at-the-world-athletics-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/how-did-african-athletes-do-at-the-world-athletics-championships","title":{"rendered":"How did African athletes do at the World Athletics Championships?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Angola. <\/strong><\/span><b>The World Athletics Championships taking place in the United States, in Eugene (Oregon) ended on July 24. African athletes broke records and for some further dominated certain disciplines on the international stage. After 10 days of competition, 28 of them headed back home as World medalists. Here is the recap of the disciplines in which they shone.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The 18th edition of the World Athletics Championships taking place in the United States, in Eugene, (Oregon) kicked off on Friday, July 15. More than 1,900 athletes representing over 190 nations fulfilled a lifelong dream of running, jumping, or throwing for glory. Out of the 47 African teams which took part in the sporting event, athletes from 7 countries were successful. Here is the full list and nationality of medalists ranked by disciplines.<\/p>\n<p>M= Men; W = Women<\/p>\n<p><b>100 Metres Hurdles<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Tobi AMUSAN Gold (Nigeria)<\/p>\n<p><b>800 Metres<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Mary MORAA Bronze (Kenya)<\/p>\n<p>Emmanuel Kipkurui KORIR Gold (Kenya)<\/p>\n<p>Djamel SEDJATI Silver (Algeria)<\/p>\n<p><b>1500 Metres<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Faith KIPYEGON Gold (Kenya)<\/p>\n<p>Gudaf TSEGAY Silver (Ethiopia)<\/p>\n<p><b>3000 Metres Steeplechase<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Werkuha GETACHEW Silver (Ethiopia)<\/p>\n<p>Mekides ABEBE Bronze (Ethiopia)<\/p>\n<p>Soufiane EL BAKKALI Gold (Morocco)<\/p>\n<p>Lamecha GIRMA Silver (Ethiopia)<\/p>\n<p>Conseslus KIPRUTO Bronze (Kenya)<\/p>\n<p><b>5000 Metres<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Gudaf TSEGAY Gold (Ethiopia)<\/p>\n<p>Beatrice CHEBET W Silver (Kenya)<\/p>\n<p>Dawit SEYAUM Bronze (Ethiopia)<\/p>\n<p>Jacob KROP M Silver (Kenya)<\/p>\n<p>Oscar CHELIMO Bronze (Uganda)<\/p>\n<p><b>10,000 Metres<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Letesenbet GIDEY W Gold (Ethiopia)<\/p>\n<p>Hellen OBIRI W Silver (Kenya)<\/p>\n<p>Margaret Chelimo KIPKEMBOI W Bronze (Kenya)<\/p>\n<p>Joshua CHEPTEGEI Gold (Uganda)<\/p>\n<p>Stanley Waithaka MBURU Silver (Kenya)<\/p>\n<p>Jacob KIPLIMO Bronze (Uganda)<\/p>\n<p><b>Long Jump<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Ese BRUME Silver (Nigeria)<\/p>\n<p><b>Marathon<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Gotytom GEBRESLASE Gold (Ethiopia)<\/p>\n<p>Judith Jeptum KORIR W Silver (Kenya)<\/p>\n<p>Tamirat TOLA Gold (Ethiopia)<\/p>\n<p>Mosinet GEREMEW Silver (Ehiopia)<\/p>\n<p><b>Triple Jump<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Hugues Fabrice ZANGO Silver (Burkina Faso)<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\">Angola<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Angola. 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