Promoting Africa
Kenya’s Abraham Kiptum broke the men’s world record* at the IAAF Gold Label road race on Sunday October 28, clocking 58:18. Kiptum’s performance was a five-second improvement on the previous world record set by Eritrea’s Zersenay Tadese in Lisbon in 2010. The 29-year-old claimed the Valencia title over runner-up Jemal Yimer, and Abadi Hadi. “I can’t believe…
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Today we're going at the discovery of Motors Formula Team. The first African International professional motorsports startup and team, based in France and Mauritius. In this interview, founder and Director Ludovic Pezé tells us more about the startup: Ludovic Pezé, and the creation of "Motors Formula Team" I’m 26 years old Mauritian born in Monaco. I…
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The 2018 Sasol Solar Challenge, during which solar-powered vehicles take part in a racing competition, is currently taking place in South Africa. The 2018 event marks a decade of solar car challenges in South Africa, as it runs for the sixth time. What is Sasol Solar Challenge ? The Sasol Solar Challenge is a biennial competition.…
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The new Marathon World Record is now 2:01:39s. 33-year-old Eliud Kipchoge, widely regarded as the greatest marathon runner of the modern era, ran an official time of 2 hours 1 minutes and 39s, on Sunday during the Berlin Marathon. 2 hours 1 minutes and 39s, That's how long, or little, it took Kenyan super runner Eliud Kipchoge to cover…
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South African track star Caster Semenya broke the 800m African Championships record last sunday, on the final day of the 21st African Athletics Championships in Asaba, Nigeria. With this new record of 1 min 56 seconds and 06 hundredths on the 800, Semenya broke the record held by the Mozambican icon Maria Mutola at the championships…
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In Cairo, a group of Egyptian women gather every week at an abandoned park in the city and practice parkour, a sport which involves running, climbing and jumping acrobatically. These women are standing up to the conservative societal norms. The sport of Parkour Founded in France in the 1980s by Raymond Belle, and later taking…
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Alpine-skiing is not a popular sport amongst African athletes for obvious reasons. Although some African countries do get cold winters along with snowfall. It’s never quite enough for this extreme sport. That however didn’t stop Sabrina Simader, a Kenyan born, now Olympic Alpine skier. Road to 2018 Winter Olympic Games Born in Kenya and raised…
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