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Kenya: Superb Kipchoge Defends Olympic Title With Authoritative Race

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Eliud Kipchoge became only the third man in history to successfully defend the Olympic Marathon crown after running a commanding race to win the Tokyo title in a time of 2:08:38. (AllAfrica)


Kenya: Hellen Obiri Calls Time On Track Career After Tokyo Olympics

[Nation] Hellen Obiri, the double world 5,000 metres champion and Olympic silver medallist over the distance, has announced she is signing off from the track to launch a career in road running. (AllAfrica)


Nigeria: Team Nigeria Returns Home Hours Before Tokyo Olympics Closing Ceremony

[Daily Trust] The Team Nigeria contingent to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics arrived Abuja yesterday afternoon, hours before the official closing ceremony of the games. (AllAfrica)


Rwanda: Zhan Beleniuk, a Ukraine Olympic Medalist With Rwandan Blood

[New Times] History was made when Zhan Beleniuk earlier this week became Ukraine's first-ever black lawmaker to win gold at the Tokyo Olympic Games. (AllAfrica)


Nigeria: Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Not a Flop for Team Nigeria After All

[Leadership] After two weeks of drama, emotion, highs and lows, the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will climax on Sunday. (AllAfrica)


Uganda: Uganda's Joshua Cheptegei Wins 5000m Olympic Gold

[Nation] In Tokyo (AllAfrica)


Africa: Olympics - Namibia's Sprinters Highlight a Flawed Testosterone Testing System

[The Conversation Africa] Namibian athletes Christine Mboma and Beatrice Masilingi began to make headlines in 2021 for their exceptional 400-meter sprint times. In July, it was confirmed that the 18-year-old athletes had been barred from the 400m event at the Tokyo Olympics because of too-high natural testosterone levels according to World Athletics' track and field rules. (The rules don't apply to the 200-meter sprint and they both qualified for this, with Mboma finishing second.) This ongoing 'sex testing' controversy also dashed (AllAfrica)


Kenya: Kipyegon Unleashes Beast Mode to Down Hassan, Clinches Kenya's Second Gold in Tokyo

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Faith Kipyegon unleashed her beast mode, showing superb tactics to floor Netherland's Sifan Hassan to clinch gold in the 1500m race in a new Olympic Record time in Tokyo on Friday. (AllAfrica)


South Africa: Stephen Mokoka, Just Your 'Average' Runner

[New Frame] Despite what he may say, this talented South African runner has a shot at Olympic glory come the marathon on the final day of the Games. (AllAfrica)


Namibia: Fans and Family Bemoan Champion Athlete's 'Unfair Treatment'

[Namibian] While Namibia is celebrating the silver medal won by teen athlete Christine Mbona at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, some friends and family of Special Olympics double gold medal winner Ruben //Gowaseb are saying he has been unfairly treated as one of the country's sport heroes. (AllAfrica)


Namibia: Let's Become a Caring Society

[Namibian] PRICELESS! Through the gloomy fog of more than 3 000 people dying of Covid within three months, an economy that invokes despair and depression, there emerged Christine Mboma, Beatrice Masilingi and Henk Botha to soothe a nation depleted of positive energy. (AllAfrica)


Namibia: Give Us Hope, Johannes! ... Helalia Hungry for Namibia's Second Medal in Tokyo

[Namibian] WITH the nation still swept into a frenzy by teen sensations Christine Mboma and Beatrice Masilingi, 40-year-old Helalia Johannes, who is competing in her fourth Olympic Games, has largely flown under the radar. (AllAfrica)


Namibia: Seidler Battles to 16th

[Namibian] Seidler battles to 16th (AllAfrica)


Kenya: Ng'eny's Happy After Kipsang Shatters His Olympic Mark

[Nation] In Tokyo (AllAfrica)


South Africa: A 'Laaitie' No More - SA's Rising Shot Put Star Kyle Blignaut Sets the Gold Standard for Paris 2024

[Daily Maverick] Tokyo -- Blignaut finished sixth in the men's shot put final on Thursday, underlining the 21-year-old's talent and future potential in the power discipline. (AllAfrica)


Zimbabwe: A Familiar Foe, a Golden Past

[The Herald] Robson Sharuko -- IF Janine Beckie scores today, and helps Canada win their first Olympics football gold, the Manchester City forward will probably feel her date with destiny, was scripted in heaven. (AllAfrica)


Kenya: Kipsang Shatters Olympic Record, Joins Cheruiyot in 1500m Final

[Nation] Tokyo -- Kenya's Abel Kipsang set a new Olympic Record in the 1500m semi-finals in Tokyo on Thursday. (AllAfrica)


Uganda: Chemutai - the Heroine Who Predicted Her Gold

[Monitor] This will be Uganda's best outing at the quadrennial Games. The feeling is so sweet it can only be compared to a teenager's first time in a discotheque - the eyes light up ever so brightly, mouth jaw-drops and one starts to feel things they have never before. (AllAfrica)


Kenya: Seb Coe - Steeplechase Still Kenyan Race, But...

[Nation] In Tokyo (AllAfrica)


Kenya: Mulinge Calls for Young Blood in Beach Volleyball

[Nation] Kenya beach volleyball women's team coach Sammy Mulinge has challenged upcoming players to have a different perception about the sport. (AllAfrica)


Kenya: Chepng'etich, Kimeli Continue Kenya's Medal Hunt

[Nation] In Tokyo (AllAfrica)


Kenya: Emmanuel Korir Now Sets Sight King Rudisha's 800m World Record

[Capital FM] Tokyo -- Fresh from clinching gold in the 800m at the Tokyo Olympic Games, Emmanuel Korir now has set his sights on his idol David Rudisha's World Record. (AllAfrica)


Egypt: President Sisi Praises Patriotic Performance of Egypt's Handball Team At Tokyo Olympics

[Egypt Online] President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Thursday 5/8/2021 praised the heroic and honorable performance of Egypt's handball team in front of France at the semi-finals of handball event in Tokyo Olympic Games. (AllAfrica)


Liberia: Liberia On the Olympics Map

[FrontPageAfrica] Liberia's Joseph Fahnbulleh Puts Liberia On Olympic Map Finishes 5th in 200M (AllAfrica)


Namibia: From Mbwata to Podium ... Mboma's Family Revel in Olympic Spotlight

[New Era] Sports (AllAfrica)


Kenya: Tokyo 2020 Olympics Notebook - Day 26

[Nation] World Blended Whisky to celebrate Korir gold medal (AllAfrica)


Nigeria: Olympian Turned Volunteer Keeps Traffic Running in Busy Lagos

[IPS] Lagos -- Bassey Etim Ironbar is a rare example of an Olympian that transformed from an athlete to a volunteer who does menial jobs like sweeping the streets and clearing debris from open sewers. (AllAfrica)


Morocco: Moroccan Bouchra Hajij Appointed President of Anoca Sports Competitions Organizing Committee

[MAP] Casablanca -- Moroccan Bouchra Hajij, president of the African Volleyball Confederation (CAVB), was appointed, Wednesday in Tokyo, president of the Organizing Committee for Sports Competitions of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA). (AllAfrica)


Kenya: Emmanuel Korir - From Dusty Iten Track to Olympic Gold Medal

[Nation] Tokyo -- Five years ago, Emmanuel Korir - winner of Kenya's first gold medal of the Tokyo Olympics - was an ordinary village boy, excited to run on dirt trails alongside star athletes in the Bro Colm O'Connell Iten track and field production line. (AllAfrica)


Namibia: 'Queen May' Makes Her Village Proud

[Namibian] TOBIAS Kangumbe's face lights up when he hears the name Christine Mboma. (AllAfrica)


Kenya: Mary Moraa Scales to 800m, Eyes Olympics

[Nation] National 400m champion Mary Moraa has set her sights beyond the forthcoming World Relay Championships after she ploughed the fastest time in the 800m at Athletics Kenya Relay Series on Saturday. (AllAfrica)