Kennedy Luchembe is now the current 400m Indoor National Record holder clocking 46.73 at Villa de Madrid Indoor Meeting in Spain early this year, the record was for the past 22 year held by legend Samuel Matete's since 1998 of 46.83 done in Indianapolis, United States
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Siame sprints to Olympics, World Championships
It’s an exciting period for ZAAA – Mpondela
By Masuzyo Chakwe on July 8, 2019 The Mast Online THERE is need for more investment in challenging competitions to compete to win and sustain the spirit of competing to win in every high performance athlete, says Zambia Amateur Athletics Association president Elias Mpondela. The Zambia National Athletic Women’s Team on Saturday minted a gold medal in the 4x100m women’s relay beating the likes of South Africa and Botswana during the CAA Southern Region Championship in Mauritius with a time of 45.75. The relay team comprised of Lumeka Katundu, Agnes Mazala, Helen Makumba, Rhodah Njobvu and Suwilanji Mpondela (substitute). The girls also minted Silver and Bronze in 100m through Hellen Makumba and Rhoda Njobvu respectively. Mpondela said it was an exciting period for ZAAA having a
Hellen Makumba breaks own record and qualify to All Africa Games
Zambia's Hellen Makumba yesterday qualified for the 2019 Morocco All-Africa Games with a national record breaking time of 11:58 seconds during the All-Comers Meet at Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola.And sprinter Sydney Siame missed qualification for the World Championship billed for Qatar by a whisker
Suwilanji Mpondela – Africa’s youngest newly elected Athletes Commission Chair
Suwilanji Theresa Fotwe Mpondela will long remember Saturday 9 March 2019. She made history that day, becoming the first Chair of the Athletes Commission for the National Olympic Committee of Zambia (NOCZ). She beat other candidates from 15 national sports federations such as swimming, table tennis, basketball and tennis – an incredible accomplishment for a young promising athlete that only turned 19 last month.“My mother taught me that there are no barriers,” she said. “You carry the power regardless of age.” A beneficiary of the IOC Scholarship, she was one of seven out of 100 candidates shortlisted by the organisation for this role. In her new role, Mpondela wants athletes to understand the power of education and to equip them with tools that
Kennedy Luchembe is Country’s Flag Bear at the Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires
ZAMBIA’S 400 metres gold medallist Kennedy Luchembe on Saturday served as the country’s flag bearer during the opening ceremony of the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires. The 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games and the 2018 Africa Youth Games world ‘champion’ was announced at games currently taking place in Argentina. The 3rd Summer Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires have got off to a great start. For the first time in the history of the modern Olympic Games, the Opening Ceremony was held in the street, with the celebration open to all – and over 200,000 people showed up for the party! Addressing the young athletes in his speech, IOC president Thomas Bach said: “To get here, each of you trained and
Mupopo banned for 4 years by Athletics Integrity Unity (AIU)
(Daily Mail) DIANA CHIPEPO, Lusaka THE Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has banned 400m runner Kabange Mupopo for four years for doping violations. According to the latest sanctions on doping and non-doping violations, Mupopo is among over 30 world athletes that have been banned. Mupopo was alleged to have taken some external substance and her ban was effective August 12, 2017 to August 11, 2021. The 400m specialist is the second Zambian runner to be banned by the AIU after United States of America-based long distance runner Jordan Chipangama
Sydney Siame clocks 100m WL of 9.88s
Zambia’s promising youngster, Sydney Siame is gradually living up to the hype, with the 19-year old storming to a World Leading (WL) time of 9.88s to win the men’s 100m at the All Comers Meet held on Sunday in Lusaka. It was a show of intent from Siame who further underlined the immense potential he had displayed since winning the Youth Olympics GOLD three years ago in Nanjing, and now he has set a new National Record (NR), eclipsing his previous Personal Best of 10.18s. By so doing, Siame has now qualified for the World Championships in London which will be his second appearance at the biennial event, having debuted in Beijing two years ago. Only South African duo of Akani Simbine and
Kabange Mupopo wins gold in Durban
AFRICAN 400m women champion Kabange Mupopo has won a gold medal at the on-going Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) senior champions in Durban South Africa. Mupopo, who is one of Zambia’s already qualified athletes going to Rio de Janeiro for the Olympics produced a scintillating performance in the final and left her rivals in a distance to claim the gold. Mupopo took the gold medal after timing 51.6 seconds, her second best time this year, to leave Kenyan Margaret Nyairera in distant second with a time 52.2 seconds. Nigerian Okon- Patience George was third and completed the podium finish with a time of 52.3 seconds. This was sweet victory for the Lusaka runner as she was beaten by the Kenyan in the semi-final with
About Kip Keino Classic
On the 23rd of November, 2019, World Athletics announced the launch of a series of the world’s best one-day meetings outside the Diamond League. The World Athletics Continental Tour is a series on meetings divided into Gold, Silver and Bronze classifications, with the quality of competition and prize money on offer dictating such classification. Nairobi has been awarded Gold label classification with the Kenyan tour stop named the ‘Kip Keino Classic’ after Kenya’s trail-blazing Olympian, Kipchoge Keino. The 2020 edition of the Kip Keino Classic will be held on the 3rd of October at Nairobi’s Nyayo National Stadium (1,700 metres above sea level).