MONDAY, 1.00PM:
THE Third African Junior Athletics Championships ended on Saturday with host, Nigeria, leading with 21 medals, made up of seven gold, six silver and eight bronze.
South Africa placed second with seven medals, including five gold, one silver and one bronze. Kenya followed with seven medals — four gold and three silver. Eighteen African nations took part.
While the East and North Africans excelled in the long-distance races, Nigeria dominated the sprints, including the 100 metres. One of the few records to fall in the tournament was in the girls’ triple jump with Algeria’s Rahouli Baya leaping 13,39 metres to beat the 12,97 metres held by Ghana’s Juliana Yendork since 1989.
Below is the medals’ table on Saturday morning:
Gold silver bronze total.
Nigeria 7 6 8 21
South Africa 5 1 1 7
Kenya 4 3 – 7
Ghana 3 4 4 11
Algeria 2 3 3 8
Ethiopia 2 1 2 5
Egypt 1 3 1 5
Togo – 1 1 2
Uganda – 1 1 2
Cote d’Ivoire – 1 – 1
Tunisia – – 2 2