Africa confirmed its supremacy during the world cross-country championships held on March 30, 2024 in Belgrade (Serbia). All five titles at stake were won by Africans.

Ugandan Jacob Kiplimo and Kenyan Beatrice Chebet retained their titles in the “AS” races.

They were ten to be dreaming of the title.  At the bell, Jacob Kiplimo, the defending champion, accelerated the pace and stretched the leading group to offer himself a second world title in 28:09, the 3rd in a row for his country, after that of Joshua Cheptegei in 2019. The Ethiopian Berihu Aregawi took 2nd place in 28:12, while Kenyan Benson Kiplangat was 3rd in 28:14.

The residents of AADC Dakar performed well during the African Games which took place in Accra (Ghana). Thus, Louis François Mendy from Senegal won Gold in the 110m hurdles with a time of 13”61. Gina Bass of Gambia flew through the women's 100m and 200m finals, clocking 11.36 and 23.13 respectively. Sidonie FIADANANTSOA from Madagascar finished 2nd in the 100m hurdles final in 13”19 behind world record holder Tobi Amusan from Nigeria (12”89). Saly Sarr from Senegal took the bronze medal in the Triple Jump by landing 13m60.

Africa returned from the World Indoor Championships (Glasgow 2024 from March 1 to 3) with a harvest of 3 Gold, 2 Silver, 3 Bronze.

Ethiopia (2 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze), Burkina Faso (1 Gold), Algeria (1 Silver), Benin (1 Bronze) and Kenya (1 Bronze) thus enabled Africa to appear in the Medal Table. The United States (6 Gold), Belgium (3 Gold) and New Zealand (2 Gold) occupy the final podium.

The 6th African Cross-country Championships took place in Hammamet, Tunisia on Sunday February 25, 2024. Kenya confirmed its supremacy ahead of Ethiopia and Uganda.

Only 9 nations took part in

The Hammamet Gulf course will host this Sunday February 25, 2024, the 6^th edition of the African cross-country championships which recorded the participation of 12 countries as announced by the Tunisian Athletics Federation on his Facebook official page.

Kenya’s Kelvin Kiptum, the marathon world record holder, died in a road accident on Sunday, February 11 in his country. In addition to Kiptum, his coach, Rwanda’s Gervais Hakizimana, also died in the accident.

Kenya's Agnes Ngetich obliterated the women's world 10km record by running 28:46 at the 10K Valencia Ibercaja, a World athletics label road race, on Sunday (14).

The 22-year-old becomes the first woman to break 29 minutes for the distance, improving by 28 seconds the previous road mixed race world record set by Ethiopia’s Yalemzerf Yehualaw in Castellon two years ago. Emmaculate Anyango also dipped under 29 minutes in Valencia, clocking 28:57 to finish runner-up to her compatriot.

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• FAITH KIPYEGON: KENYA 1500 m, Mile, 5000 m

Double World champion of 1500 m and 5000 m

World Record of 1500-Mile and 5000 m

During the Diamond League meeting in Florence, for her second track race of the season, KIPYEGON broke the 1500m world record in 3:49.11. In Paris, a week later, during the third 5000m race of her career, KIPYEGON broke the world record for this distance. A month later, at the Diamond League meeting in Monaco, she broke the mile world record by five seconds, in 4:07.64. She performed a double at the 2023 Budapest World Championships by winning the 1500m and 5000m. She also won the shortest event of the Diamond League Finals (1500m), clocking 3:50.72 - the fifth fastest time ever.