2015 African Junior Athletics Championships

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12th African Junior Championships
AddisAbaba2015Logo.jpg
Dates5–8 March
Host cityAddis Ababa, Ethiopia
VenueAddis Ababa Stadium
LevelUnder-20
Events43
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The 2015 African Junior Athletics Championships was the twelfth edition of the biennial, continental athletics tournament for African athletes aged 19 years or younger. It was held at the Addis Ababa Stadium in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 5–8 March. It was the first time that Ethiopia hosted the event and followed on from the 2008 African Championships in Athletics, which was hosted at the same venue.[1]

As part of the preparations for the event, the Ethiopian government paid five million Ethiopian birr (around US$250,000) to renovate the host stadium's athletics facilities. The Ethiopian Minister for sport, , cited the improved international image and promotion of athletics internally as the justifications for the investment. The Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation held the rights to broadcast the competition and its opening and closing ceremonies on television in the host country, while a French broadcaster held the worldwide broadcasting rights.[2]

The Confederation of African Athletics hosted its two-day congress in the city's African Union Hall, prior to the championships; the serving president Hamad Kalkaba Malboum was re-elected for a third term.[3] Cultural events were also staged alongside the sports competition, with the Ethiopian National Theatre holding concerts to promote the nation's music. Reflecting concern around the Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa, all foreign delegations were screened for the virus upon arrival. The total budget for the hosting costs of the championships (excluding the stadium investment) was estimated at 30 million Ethiopian birr (around USD$1.5 million).[4]

Mohamed Magdi Hamza (men's shot put) and Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei (men's 10,000 metres) both set championship records.[5] Cheptegei and Yomif Kejelcha won the same long-distance events as they had at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics.[6] Divine Oduduru, the 2013 men's 200 metres champion, returned and defended his title and expanded his honours include the 100 metres and 4×100 metres relay gold medals. Reigning Commonwealth Games champion, Ese Brume defended her long jump title with a championship record mark and was the stand-out athlete of the meeting, winning this title as well as a triple jump gold, 100 m bronze, and 4×100 m gold with Nigeria (also in a championship record). Dawit Seyaum was the third athlete to return and defend their title, doing so in the women's 1500 metres, and also the third reigning World Junior champion to win at the meet.[7]

Medal Table[]

  *   Host nation (Ethiopia)

RankNOCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Nigeria (NGR)128727
2 South Africa (RSA)97723
3 Ethiopia (ETH)6121028
4 Egypt (EGY)55313
5 Kenya (KEN)45312
6 Algeria (ALG)2125
7 Botswana (BOT)2103
8 Morocco (MAR)1135
9 Uganda (UGA)1023
10 Tunisia (TUN)1012
11 Ivory Coast (CIV)0101
 Namibia (NAM)0101
 Zimbabwe (ZIM)0101
14 Congo (CGO)0011
 Madagascar (MAD)0011
 Zambia (ZAM)0011
Totals (16 NOCs)434341127

Medal summary[]

Men[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Divine Oduduru (NGR) 10.44  Arthur Gue Cissé (CIV) 10.63  Sydney Siame (ZAM) 10.77
200 metres  Divine Oduduru (NGR) 21.22   (NGR) 21.53  Gilles Anthony Afoumba (CGO) 21.59
400 metres  Karabo Sibanda (BOT) 46.33  Alexander Sampao (KEN) 46.54   (NGR) 46.84
800 metres   (KEN) 1:50.21   (KEN) 1:50.88   (ETH) 1:51.06
1500 metres   (KEN) 3:43.98   (KEN) 3:44.59   (ETH) 3:44.92
5000 metres  Yomif Kejelcha (ETH) 14:31.03   (KEN) 14:34.06   (KEN) 14:39.32
10,000 metres  Joshua Cheptegei (UGA) 29:58.70   (KEN) 29:59.32   (ETH) 30:02.38
110 metres hurdles   (NGR) 13.99  Amine Bouanani (ALG) 14.24   (RSA) 14.27
400 metres hurdles   (RSA) 51.80   (ETH) 52.13   (MAD) 53.29
3000 metres steeplechase  Abraham Kibiwott (KEN) 8:47.43   (ETH) 8:51.57   (ETH) 9:01.58
4×100 metres relay  Nigeria (NGR)



Divine Oduduru		 39.99  Botswana (BOT)

Leungo Scotch
Karabo Mothibi
 40.95  South Africa (RSA)



 41.46
4×400 metres relay  Botswana (BOT)
Karabo Sibanda
Leungo Scotch

 3:11.00  Ethiopia (ETH)



 3:11.19  Nigeria (NGR)



 3:11.20
10,000 m walk   (EGY) 48:47.90   (ETH) 49:06.89   (ALG) 53:05.62
High jump   (ALG) 2.12 m  Mpho Links (RSA) 2.10 m   (NGR) 2.06 m
Pole vault   (TUN) 4.40 m   (NGR) 4.10 m   (EGY) 3.50 m
Long jump   (MAR) 7.45 m   (NGR) 7.44 m  Yasser Triki (ALG) 7.39 m
Triple jump   (ALG) 15.39 m   (ZIM) 15.30 m   (MAR) 15.30 m
Shot put  Mohamed Magdi Hamza (EGY) 20.66 m CR AJR   (EGY) 18.43 m   (RSA) 17.73 m
Discus throw   (RSA) 57.57 m   (EGY) 54.74 m   (RSA) 52.68 m
Hammer throw   (EGY) 74.46 m  Tshepang Makhethe (RSA) 74.28 m   (MAR) 67.64 m
Javelin throw   (EGY) 70.09 m   (RSA) 67.69 m   (ETH) 66.23 m

Women[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres  Tamzin Thomas (RSA) 11.69  Aniekeme Alphonsus (NGR) 11.83  Ese Brume (NGR) 11.86
200 metres
w:-1.6 m/s 		 Praise Idamadudu (NGR) 23.76   (ETH) 23.84 NR  Aniekeme Alphonsus (NGR) 24.19
400 metres  Olowatosin Adeloye (NGR) 54.09   (NGR) 55.11   (ETH) 55.24
800 metres   (ETH) 2:09.20   (ETH) 2:09.61   (UGA) 2:11.73
1500 metres  Dawit Seyaum (ETH) 4:15.94   (ETH) 4:17.11   (KEN) 4:26.19
3000 metres   (ETH) 9:31.37   (ETH) 9:34.48   (KEN) 9:38.60
5000 metres   (ETH) 17:02.71   (ETH) 17:03.87  Stella Chesang (UGA) 17:04.91
100 metres hurdles  Oluwatobiloba Amusan (NGR) 14.26   (EGY) 14.48   (NGR) 14.58
400 metres hurdles   (RSA) 59.41   (NGR) 60.35  Glory Onome Nathaniel (NGR) 60.51
3000 metres steeplechase   (KEN) 10:22.47   (ETH) 10:31.40   (ETH) 10:37.26
4×100 metres relay  Nigeria (NGR)
Aniekeme Alphonsus


Ese Brume		 44.83 CR  South Africa (RSA)



Tamzin Thomas		 46.49  Ethiopia (ETH)



 48.30
4×400 metres relay  Nigeria (NGR)

Yinka Ajayi
Praise Idamadudu
 3:38.94  Ethiopia (ETH)



 3:48.57 Not awarded[nb]
5000 m walk   (ETH) 24:49.11   (ETH) 25:41.52  Chahinez Nasri (TUN) 27:08.52
High jump   (RSA) 1.80 m  Julia du Plessis (RSA) 1.75 m  Ghizlane Siba (MAR) 1.75 m
Pole vault   (RSA) 3.40 m   (MAR) 2.20 m Only two finishers
Long jump  Ese Brume (NGR) 6.33 m CR   (RSA) 5.92 m   (EGY) 5.89 m
Triple jump  Ese Brume (NGR) 13.16 m   (EGY) 13.04 m NR  Zinzi Chabangu (RSA) 13.03 m
Shot put   (RSA) 13.96 m   (NGR) 13.53 m   (ETH) 12.23 m NR
Discus throw   (RSA) 46.76 m   (EGY) 44.60 m   (EGY) 43.19 m
Hammer throw   (EGY) 57.85 m   (RSA) 53.71 m   (RSA) 52.42 m
Javelin throw  Jo-Ane van Dyk (RSA) 49.47 m  Kelechi Nwanaga (NGR) 46.46 m   (ETH) 43.85 m
Heptathlon   (NGR) 4765 pts   (NAM) 4641 pts   (RSA) 4490 pts
  • nb The women's 4×400 m relay had three entering teams Nigeria, Ethiopia and Kenya, but the bronze medal was not awarded as the Kenya team were disqualified.


References[]

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  2. ^ Gebrehiwot, Mamo (2015-03-04). 12th African Juniors’ Athletics Championships to Kick Off on Thursday. Ethio Sports. Retrieved on 2015-03-07.
  3. ^ Butler, Nick (2015-03-07). Malboum unanimously re-elected as Confederation of African Athletics President. Inside the Games. Retrieved on 2015-03-07.
  4. ^ Ethiopia: African Youth Athletics Championship Kicks Off Thursday. The Ethiopian Herald (2015-03-04). Retrieved on 2015-03-07.
  5. ^ Negash, Elshadai (2015-03-07). Hamza and Cheptegei highlight opening days of African Junior Championships. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-03-07.
  6. ^ 2014 World Junior Championships Results. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-03-11.
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