The 2013

African Junior Athletics Championships The African Athletics U20 Championships, known formally as African Junior Athletics Championships is a biennial continental athletics event for junior athletes from African nations. Organized by the Confederation of African Athletics and first h ...

was the eleventh edition of the biennial, continental

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tournament for African athletes aged 19 years or younger. It was held at the Germain Comarmond Stadium in Bambous,

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from 29 August – 1 September. A total of 223 athletes from 29 nations competed. Neither

pole vault Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as an aid to jump over a #bar, bar. Pole jumping was already practiced by the ...

event was held, due to a lack of entries, and the

decathlon The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of 10 track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek δέκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ἄθλος (''áthlos'', or ἄ ...

and

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competitions were also not contested. Originally scheduled to be held in

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, a dispute between

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and the national sports ministry resulted in the cancellation of holding rights in June 2013. Bambous, the

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host, stepped in at short notice to hold the event. The medal table was a closely contested affair. Nigeria had the most

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s with nine in its haul of 19 medals. South Africa had seven golds, but had the highest overall total with 24 medals. Ethiopia also had seven golds, and had the second highest medal haul with 22. Egypt (five golds, 11 in total) and Kenya (four golds, 17 in total) were the next best performing nations. Of the 29 participating nations, 15 reached the medal table. Nigeria performed well in the

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ing events, Ethiopia and Kenya shared most of the middle- and

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medals, while South Africa and Egypt took many medals in the field events.Menon Ramsamy and Reynolds Quirin (2013-09-01)
Ethiopian and Nigerian athletes impress at African Junior Champs
IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-09-14. Wind affected most of the sprints and jumps events, slowing the track times and carrying the jumpers to further distances. Two championship records were improved during the competition: Sabelo Ntokozo Ndlovu cleared in the men's

triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down the tr ...

and Ahmed Hassan set a new standard of in the men's

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. Several athletes won multiple individual medals. Among them, Martin Moses Kurong was the men's 10,000 m winner and 5000 m bronze medallist, Geraldine Ann Duvenhage and Mohamed Kalifa were double silver medallists in the men's and women's shot put and

discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field sport in which the participant athlete throws an oblate spheroid weight (object), weight called a discus in an attempt to mark a further distance than other competitors. It is a ...

events, and Tegest Tamangnu Yuma was runner-up in both the women's short sprints. South Africa's Duwayne Boer was the

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winner and took bronze in the

. Nigeria's

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was the women's

winner and triple jump runner-up, as well as a gold medallist in the 4×100 metres relay. South Africa's Megan Wilke won the

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and surprisingly she also took the

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silver medal. Nigeria's 200 m champion,

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, progressed to the junior level after his sprint double at the

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. The Ethiopian duo

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and

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were first and second in the women's

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, switching their placings from the

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Medal summary

Men

Women

*^† A third team from Mauritius was present in the women's 4 × 100 m relay but failed to finish the race. *^‡ Long jump winner

also had a wind-legal jump of 6.22 metres.Long Jump Women Final; Official result since 15:04
. Timetronics. Retrieved on 2013-09-14.

Medal table

Participation

* (10) * (2) * (6) * (2) * (1) * (11) * (5) * (41) * (3) * (6) * (20) * (1) * (1) * (1) * (1) * (21) * (8) * (3) * (3) * (22) * (1) * (4) * (3) * (29) * (1) * (1) * (4) * (4) * (8)

References

;Results

. Timetronics. Retrieved on 2013-09-14.
XIemes JUN CHAMPIONNATS D'AFRIQUE
. Timetronics. Retrieved on 2013-09-14.
Complete Results Men
MAA. Retrieved on 2013-09-14.
Complete Results Women
MAA. Retrieved on 2013-09-14.

External links

Official website
{{African Championships in Athletics navigation African Junior Athletics Championships

Bambous, Mauritius International athletics competitions hosted by Mauritius 2013 in youth sport