The World Athletics Council confirmed the hosts for three World Athletics Series events and made a series of other decisions during the 237th World Athletics Council Meeting in Nanjing, China, on 24-25 March.
Africa won 5 medals (3 Gold, 3 Silver, 2 Bronze) at the World Indoor Championships, held from March 21 to 23, 2025, in Nanjing, China. Ethiopia took the lead with 2 Gold and 3 Silver. South Africa returned home with 1 Gold and 1 Bronze. Burkina Faso had to settle for the Bronze medal won by Hugues Fabrice Zango in the Triple Jump.
The Ivorian Athletics Federation and the African Athletics Development Center of Abidjan (AADC) were recently the hosts of the Ivorian National Olympic Committee. It was with great satisfaction that the African Athletics Development Center of Abidjan left the headquarters of NOC-Cote d’Ivoire, the umbrella organization of the Olympic federations. The presentation made by the President of Ivorian athletics and head of delegation, Jeannot Kouamé "wowed" Me Georges Joseph N'GOAN, the president of the NOC-CIV. "I would like to congratulate you. I am really very happy. This center is a very good thing. When Jeannot told me about it, I said you can't do such exceptional work without us being informed. I spoke about it with Minister Adjé Silas Metch who plans to visit this center," he said.
The Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) carried out an inspection mission in Algeria from January 19 to 22, 2025, as part of the organization of its events planned in Oran this year. Indeed, Oran will host the Council meeting (July 11, 2025), the Congress (July 12 and 13, 2025) and the 3rd U18/U20 African Combined Championships from July 14 to 18, 2025).
Mustapha Berraf, President of ANOCA and IOC Member and Hamad Kalkaba Malboum, President of the National Olympic and Sports Committee of Cameroon (CNOSC), President of the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) and President of the Association of African Olympic Sports Confederations (CASOL) received, on 7 January 2025 in Lausanne, an extremely warm welcome by Dr Thomas Bach, President of the IOC.
The Confederation of African Athletics has elected the best athletes, coaches, officials, federations and leaders of the year 2024. Letsile Tebogo (Botswana) and Beatrice Chebet (Kenya) were crowned Best Male Athlete and Best Female Athlete respectively.
A season of historic achievement by 21-year-old Letsile Tebogo was richly acknowledged in Monaco on Sunday (1) as he was announced as the men’s World Athlete of the Year at the World Athletics Awards 2024.
Olympic champions Sifan Hassan and Letsile Tebogo have been announced as World Athletes of the Year at the World Athletics Awards 2024 in Monaco.
Following a vote by fans, Hassan and Tebogo received top honours on an evening that saw six athletes crowned in three categories – track, field and out of stadium – before the overall two winners were revealed.
On the sidelines of the 20th edition of the International Half Marathon of the ‘District Autonome
d ’Abidjan’, the CAA CEO, Mr Lamine Faty visited the residents of the Ivorian Athletics Center located at the National Institute of Youth and Sports (INJS) in Marcory, Abidjan this Sunday, November 10, 2024.
