ATHLETICS African 400m record-holder Isaac Makwala went to the - TopicsExpress



          

ATHLETICS African 400m record-holder Isaac Makwala went to the recent Commonwealth Games as one of Botswana’s best hopes for a medal, but missed out on making the final by 0.02. On Tuesday (12), the third day of action at the African Championships in Marrakech, however, he made no such mistakes. Makwala was fastest in the heats and semi-finals and duly led the way in the final. He won comfortably from South African record-holder Wayde van Niekerk, smashing the championship record in the process with a winning time of 44.23, the fastest 400m performance ever recorded at sea level in Africa. Makwala’s team-mate Nijel Amos added another gold medal to Botswana’s tally by winning the 800m, one of the most eagerly awaited event of the championships. Amos was up against world champion Mohammed Aman and Olympic champion Taoufik Makhloufi, but after a pedestrian opening lap of 57.37, he used his finishing speed to great effect once more to win the tactical final in 1:48.54. It was Amos’s second major title of the summer, having won Commonwealth gold two weeks ago. And he wasn’t the only athlete this evening to complete that same double.
Posted on: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 15:39:55 +0000

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