2013 African Youth Athletics Championships

The 2013 African Youth Athletics Championships were the first edition of the biennial athletics competition for African athletes aged fifteen to seventeen. It was held in Warri, Nigeria, on 28–31 March. A total of 40 events were originally scheduled but only 36 went ahead, 17 for boys and 19 for girls.[1]

I African Youth Athletics Championships
Dates28–31 March
Host cityWarri, Nigeria
VenueWarri Township Stadium
LevelYouth
Events39
2015

The Warri Township Stadium in Nigeria's Delta State, underwent significant renovation for the competition. The stadium was expanded to accommodate an international standard track and field and the installation of a Timetronics EDM (Electronic Distance Measurement) system was the first of its kind in the country. Emmanuel Uduaghan, the Delta State Governor, urged further use of the stadium for national and international events, as well as underlining the importance of good facilities to assist future generations of Nigerian athletes to attain an elite standard.[2][3]

The girls' pole vault competition was cancelled as there were only two entrants and the walk events were rescheduled to take place as road, instead of track, events.[4] The South African delegation was absent due to a lack of funds to attend to the event.[5] The boys' hammer throw, 400 metres hurdles and pole vault were not contested despite some entries.[6]

Nigeria topped the medals table with twelve gold medals and 33 medals overall (after doping disqualifications). The next most successful countries were Egypt (eight golds and 16 in total) and Ethiopia (26 medals, seven of them gold). Kenya placed fourth with five golds and eleven medals. Sixteen nations reached the medal table. Egyptian discus thrower Amira Khaled Mohammed was the first ever gold medallist of the championships. Nigeria was dominant in the sprint events, while Egypt performed best in the throwing events.[7]

Divine Oduduru and Adewunmi Deborah Adewale of Nigeria completed 100/200 metres sprint doubles in the boys' and girls' sections, respectively. Kenyan Robert Biwott claimed both boys' middle-distance titles. His teammates Edwin Melly and Daisy Jepkemei achieved the same feat of winning the steeplechase and being runner-up in the 3000 metres. Egypt had the top two places in the boys' shot put and discus events as Mohamed Magdi Hamza and Sherif Adel Salem Ahmed gained a gold and a silver each. Uruemu Theophilus Ejovi won an unusual medal combination by taking bronze in the high jump and triple jump disciplines.[7]

Several athletes at the competition went on to win medals at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics held that July. Biwott won the world 1500 m youth title, Hamza was a shot put bronze medallist and Daisy Jepkemei won the world youth steeplechase silver medal.

Medal summary

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Boys

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres   Divine Oduduru (NGR) 10.62   Amanuel Abebe (ETH) 10.86   Ismaila Adedeji Yusuf (NGR) 10.87
200 metres   Divine Oduduru (NGR) 21.56   Haji Turie (ETH) 21.90   Ismaila Adedeji Yusuf (NGR) 22.03
400 metres   Keita Tijani (GAM) 47.39   Gebre Galcha (ETH) 47.75   Samson Oghenewe Nathaniel (NGR) 47.89
800 metres   Robert Biwott (KEN) 1:47.01   Tsegay Tesfamariam (ERI) 1:47.89   Patrick Kiprotich (KEN) 1:49.82
1500 metres   Robert Biwott (KEN) 3:41.96   Yenew Tebikew (ETH) 3:43.84   Tsegay Tesfamariam (ERI) 3:44.29
3000 metres   Nftalem Kibrab (ERI) 8:17.28   Edwin Melly (KEN) 8:17.85   Meshack Letim (KEN) 8:18.19
110 metres hurdles   Ifeanyichukwu Andre Atuma (NGR) 14.00   Bashiru Abdullahi (NGR) 14.12   Creve Machava (MOZ) 14.31
2000 metres steeplechase   Edwin Melly (KEN) 5:42.18   Meresa Kahsay (ETH) 5:42.20   Hailemariyam Kiros (ETH) 5:45.50
Medley relay   Gambia (GAM)
Ebrima Camara
Alieu Joof
Sonko Alagie
Keita Tijani
1:53.35   Ethiopia (ETH)
Amanuel Abebe
Haji Turie
Gemechu Alemu
Gebre Galcha
1:54.31   Nigeria (NGR)
Ismaila Adedeji Yusuf
Divine Oduduru
Oluwasakin Oluwab Omotoye
Samson Oghenewe Nathaniel
1:54.58
10 km walk   Gonfa Bonsa (ETH) 52:25.34   Getamesay Nigusse (ETH) 52:41.56   Yassine Khalouki (MAR) 54:36.02
High jump   Gemechu Tamiru (ETH) 2.00 m   Yatana Lamita (ETH) 1.95 m   Uruemu Theophilus Ejovi (NGR) 1.95 m
Long jump   Oreva-Oghene Jo Edafiadhe (NGR) 6.91 m   Mesfin Abebe (ETH) 6.85 m   David Oke Ejumeta (NGR) 6.85 m
Triple jump   Fabian Ime Edoki (NGR) 15.18 m   Felix Watmon (UGA) 15.05 m   Uruemu Theophilus Ejovi (NGR) 14.70 m
Shot put   Mohamed Magdi Hamza (EGY) 20.17 m   Sherif Adel Salem Ahmed (EGY) 19.57 m   Jacobus Rademeyer Wilhelm (NAM) 16.96 m
Discus throw   Sherif Adel Salem Ahmed (EGY) 60.46 m   Mohamed Magdi Hamza (EGY) 56.96 m   Jacobus Rademeyer Wilhelm (NAM) 42.77 m
Javelin throw   Ubang Ubang (ETH) 64.67 m   Fahmi Fahmi Yousse Talaat (EGY) 58.62 m   Valentine Udeh (NGR) 58.07 m
Octathlon   Mohamed Ramadan Moustafa (EGY) 5360 pts   Adetola Samuel Aladesuyi (NGR) 4820 pts   Louis Joe Stevenson (MRI) 4566 pts

Girls

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres[nb1]   Adewunmi Deborah Adewale (NGR) 11.87   Prenam Pesse (TOG) 12.25   Suraj Neima (ETH) 12.41
200 metres   Adewunmi Deborah Adewale (NGR) 24.13   Oluwatobiloba Amusan (NGR) 24.45   Tegest Tamangnu (ETH) 24.76
400 metres   Edidiong Ofonime Odiong (NGR) 54.46   Abimbola Junaid (NGR) 54.81   Moroko Galefele (BOT) 55.52
800 metres   Zeyituna Mohammed (ETH) 2:05.05   Durets Edau (ETH) 2:06.04   Oluwatobiloba Esthe Asamu (NGR) 2:06.59
1500 metres   Durets Edau (ETH) 4:27.61   Eva Cherono (KEN) 4:28.47   Yemegn Wedhen (ETH) 4:29.96
3000 metres   Mercy Chepwogen (KEN) 9:17.52   Daisy Jepkemei (KEN) 9:17.69   Tefera Adhena (ETH) 9:19.41
100 metres hurdles   Omar Gaber Lina (EGY) 14.04   Rebecca Temida Oshinbanjo (NGR) 14.73   Aderonke Adedolap Ademosu (NGR) 14.75
400 metres hurdles   Glory Onome Nathaniel (NGR) 62.04   Sarah Aderonke Kadiri (NGR) 62.92   Nezha Elghali (MAR) 64.99
2000 metres steeplechase   Daisy Jepkemei (KEN) 6:24.52   Stella Rutto (KEN) 6:30.64   Yeabsira Bitew (ETH) 6:42.18
Medley relay[nb2]   Ethiopia (ETH)
Neima Sefa
Tegest Tamangnu
Chaltu Shume
Kore Tola
2:13.55   Zimbabwe (ZIM)
Yvonne Vanhuvanoe
Yvonne Thomas
Rutendo Kanda
Mzinde Ruva
2:22.33   Morocco (MAR)
Rhizlane Siba
Salma Elmoutaraji
Nezha Elghali
Soukaina Hajji
2:23.83
5 km walk   Tege Gebretsadeke (ETH) 29:31.01   Habtamniesh Wale (ETH) 29:48.00   Sarah Loveth Malagu (NGR) 30:20.88
High jump   Rhizlane Siba (MAR) 1.80 m   Chinenye Juliet Anslem (NGR) 1.65 m   Ariat Diboow (ETH) 1.65 m
Long jump   Mohamed Samir Owis Esraa (EGY) 5.63 m   Mercy Abire (NGR) 5.63 m   Oluwatobiloba Amusan (NGR) 5.52 m
Triple jump   Kasie Veronica Ugeh (NGR) 12.56 m   Pascaline Boro (BUR) 11.90 m   Mohamed Samir Owis Esraa (EGY) 11.79 m
Shot put   Judith Anulika Aniefuna (NGR) 14.46 m   Khaled Mahmoud Saye Amira (EGY) 13.61 m   Rechelle Djossou (BEN) 12.93 m
Discus throw   Amira Khaled Mahmoud (EGY) 42.40 m   Fatma Khaled Abdou (EGY) 36.66 m   Carine Koukou (BEN) 21.32 m
Hammer throw   Mostafa Mohamed Esraa Mohamed (EGY) 61.52 m   Tarek Sayed Hassan Aya (EGY) 56.01 m   Esther Melissa Arlanda (MRI) 47.70 m
Javelin throw   Kasie Veronica Ugeh (NGR) 44.33 m   Bire Dubale (ETH) 40.35 m   Mohamed Tawfik Elsaee Aya (EGY) 36.31 m
Heptathlon   Hamdy Kamal Riham (EGY) 4604 pts   Rebecca Temida Oshinbanjo (NGR) 4463 pts   Salma Elmoutaraji (MAR) 4028 pts

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Nigeria)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Nigeria*1291233
2  Egypt86216
3  Ethiopia712726
4  Kenya54211
5  Gambia2002
6  Eritrea1113
7  Morocco1045
8  Burkina Faso0101
  Togo0101
  Uganda0101
  Zimbabwe0101
12  Benin0022
  Mauritius0022
  Namibia0022
15  Botswana0011
  Mozambique0011
Totals (16 entries)363636108

Doping notes

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  • nb1 nb2 nb3 Cecilia Francis, the women's 100 m silver medallist and medley relay gold medallist for Nigeria (alongside Adewunmi Deborah Adewale, Edidiong Ofonime Odiong and Abimbola Junaid), was tested for drugs at the competition and gave a positive for anabolic steroids. Her results at the event were annulled per IAAF rules and she was banned for one year.[8] The case also resulted in a lifetime ban for her coach Abass Rauf, who took the athlete to a doctor for an injection but refused to tell Francis what the substance was. A four-year ban was also given for 1968 Olympic champion Lee Evans, who was acting as her consultant at the time.[9]
  • nb4 As a result of the above incident, in the women's 100 metres Togo's Prenam Pesse was upgraded to second place and Ethiopia's Suraj Neima Sefa moved up to third place. In the medley relay, the silver and bronze medallists, Ethiopia and Zimbabwe, were promoted to gold and silver medal positions, respectively. Morocco was upgraded from fourth to third in the medley relay. In the medal table, Togo and Zimbabwe moved up from joint 14th to joint 8th.

References

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  1. ^ 2013 Calendar Archived 2013-07-30 at the Wayback Machine. Confederation of African Athletics. Retrieved on 2013-09-14.
  2. ^ Uduaghan Decries Underutilisation of Warri Stadium Archived 2013-10-03 at the Wayback Machine. ThisDayLive (2013-03-28). Retrieved on 2013-09-14.
  3. ^ 26/03/2013 AYAC 2013: Warri ready for Africa – Uduaghan Archived 2013-09-14 at archive.today. CAA (2013-03-26). Retrieved on 2013-09-14.
  4. ^ 28/03/2013 African Youth Championships Day 1 : preview : changes in the program Archived 2013-09-14 at archive.today. CAA (2013-03-28). Retrieved on 2013-09-14.
  5. ^ 26/03/2013 1st African Youth Championships, Warri 2013 Archived 2013-09-14 at archive.today. CAA (2013-03-26). Retrieved on 2013-09-14.
  6. ^ 31/03/2013 Full results of the 1st African Youth Championships Archived June 5, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. Confederation of African Athletics (2013-03-31). Retrieved on 2013-09-14.
  7. ^ a b Minshull, Phil (2013-03-31). Kenya's Chepwogen, Jepkemei and Biwott impress at African Youth Champs. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-09-14.
  8. ^ Doping sanctions - News 151 . IAAF (2014-05-27). Retrieved on 2014-06-27.
  9. ^ Wharton, Dave (2014-04-01). American track coach Lee Evans banned in PED case involving a minor. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved on 2014-06-27.
Results
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