The day 5 of the "Eugene World championships" was not good for Africa, whose harvest remains blocked at 6 Gold, 6 Silver and 3 Bronze medals. Indeed, Kenya’s Timothy Cheruiyot and Abel Kipsang completely missed their topic in the 1500m final. Tipped to play the big roles, they finally finished respectively in 6th and 7th place in an event won to everyone's surprise by the British Jake Wightman (3'29''23) ahead of Norwegian Jacob Ingebrigtsen (3:29.47) and the Spanish of Moroccan origin, Mohamed (3'29''90). He ran the race of his life by winning ahead of Olympic champion Ingebrigtsen, the defending world champion, Cheruiyot and the best performer of the season, Kipsang. Eugene was for Africa the failure of a generation which could not fructify the legacy left by the elders like Hicham El Guerrouj and other specialists in the 1500 m.

Africa was in again by winning 3 new gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze medals on day 4 of the Eugene World championships taking place in the United States. Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon (1500m), Ethiopia’s Gotytom Gebreslasie (Marathon) and Morocco’s Soufiane El Bakkali (3000m steeplechase) were the main architects of the success of the African continent. The harvest is 6 Gold; 6 Silver and 3 Bronze medals.

Africa started up the world championships in Eugene (USA) with a resounding triple in the men's and women's 10,000m and a double in the men's marathon. At the end of the first three days, Africa has got 3 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze medals.

Letesenbet Gidey (Ethiopia) flew over the women's 10,000m final by completing the event in 30'09''94 ahead of Kenya's Hellen Obiri (30'10''02) and Margaret Chelimo Kipkemboi (30'10''07). Her great opponent, the Dutchwoman of Ethiopian origin, Sifan Hassan, finished in fourth place. A year ago at the Olympics, Sifan Hassan took away the gold medal ahead of Gidey who was third.

The World Athletics Championships Oregon22 will be held at Hayward Field at the University of Oregon and will be delivered in partnership with USA Track & Field. It is the first time the competition will take place in the United States, with 2,000 athletes from more than 200 nations expected to compete July 15–24, 2022.,

The Senegalese Louis François Mendy (12''91 in the 110m hurdles) and the Gambian Gina Bass (11''02 in the 100m) achieved the best performances of the Dakar meeting, disputed on Saturday June 25 in the annex of the Abdoulaye Wade stadium of Diamniadio. But, these two times were not approved because of the too strong wind which was blowing (+4m/s). Just like the 9.93 in the 100m of the Gambian Ebrahima Camara. The limit authorized by World Athletics is 2m/s.

The Africans played their part well at the Paris meeting, 6th stage of the Diamond League, on Saturday June 18.Thus, the Nigerian Tobi Amusan improved her African record in the 100m hurdles by achieving 12''41.

The 22^nd edition of the African Athletics Championships ended yesterday. After five days of competitions at the Côte d'Or stadium, Kenya finishes at the top of the medal table with a total of 10 gold medals, ahead of South Africa which collects 9 gold medals. These two great nations of African athletics have, in fact, largely dominated this Mauritian edition, grabbing on their own, 19 of the 45 gold medals in competition, eleven countries sharing the remaining 26 gold medals. 

Having not competed outdoors since the beginning of the year, the focus was on triple jumper Hugues-Fabrice Zango for these African Championships in Côte d'Or. On June 4, the bronze medalist of the Tokyo Olympic Games reassured by signing an impressive 17.09m at Andujar, Spain. 

The Kenyan 4x100m relay, led by Ferdinand Omanyala, and the Ethiopian 3000m steeplechase were the big attractions of the third day of the 22nd African Championships in Mauritius, winning the Grail. A historic victory in two events, once dominated by Nigeria and Kenya.