17/09/2015   Brazzaville: 11th African Games






Even Africa is approaching with quick steps to race walk.

Sunday, September 15 took place in the town of Kintélé, near Brazzaville's the races of the 11th All Africa Games in 2015.
Obviously the two road races were held over the classic distance of 20km for both men and women.
 
20 km men
 
The victory went to an old acquaintance of Europe and IAAF Challenge, Lebogang Shange (RSA) with time, for him modest, of 1:26:43.
The South African athlete crown with a victory this season which saw him always in the light, in particular to Beijing at the World Championships where he finished 11th in 1:21:43.
 
This is his season
 

Date

Competition

Venue

Pos.

Result

         

15.03.2015

Lugano Trophy - Memorial Mario Albisetti

SUI

2.

1:21:50

21.03.2015

Dudince Dudinska 50

SVK

1.

1:22:44

17.04.2015

Stellenbosch South African Ch.

RSA

1.

1:23:00

06.06.2015

La Coruña Gran Premio Cantones

ESP

11.

1:21:51

12.06.2015

Alytus International Walking Festival

LTU

-

DNF

23.08.2015

Beijing IAAF World Championships

CHN

11.

1:21:43

15.09.2015

Brazzaville All-Africa Games

CGO

1.

1:26:43

 

In second place just one second behind him arrived the Kenyan Samuel Kereri in 1:26:44 that preceded for the bronze the other athlete South African Wayne Snyman in 1: 27.32.
 
Eleven athletes led to the term race
 
 
20 km Women
 
To be a specialty in the complete evolution race walk  offered a female African interesting presence at start: ten women.
 
The victory went to Kenyan Grace Wanjiru, who set the record of the games in 1:38:28.
We remember that the African record over the distance belongs to the same athlete with a time of 1:34:19 set in Nairobi on August 1, 2010.
This year Grace Wanjiru had always obtained in Nairobi, during the Kenyan Trials for the World Championships on August 1, 2015 the time of 1:39:53.
 
The second place went to the Ethiopian Eshetu Aynalem in 1:39:49, while the bronze went to teammate Askale Tiksa (ETH) in 1:42:25.
The presence of Ethiopian athletes in the area of ​​the podium of the women's African race walk becomes almost a nice steady this year, after the bronze obtained in Cali in the World Youth Championships from Ayalnesh Dejene.
 
 
 
 

Full results ion the section Results or directly download from this link: click here

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

Lebogang Shange, Samuel Kerei e Wayne Snyman celebrates medals