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Athletics 360
by AthleticsAfrica
The Athletics 360 podcast, incorporating the BETA CONVO series, brings you better conversations, timely interviews, talk and analysis about topical issues in World and African Athletics. Get to know and hear from the past and current stars of track and field on the continent of Africa, live information and updates from global competitions and events, hot gists and behind the scenes conversations with the stars, coaches, administrators and the fans. | Powered by the team at AthleticsAfrica.
Episodes
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Interview with Prudence Sekgodiso (RSA) – 2025 ASA Grand Prix 1
Interview with Prudence Sekgodiso (RSA) – 2025 ASA Grand Prix 1 in Tshwane, South Africa. Credit: ASA
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Interview with Letsile Tebogo (Botswana) – 2025 ASA Grand Prix 1
Interview with Letsile Tebogo (Botswana) – 2025 ASA Grand Prix 1 in Tshwane, South Africa Credit: ASA
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‘The medal is a bonus!’ - Letsile Tebogo (Botswana) / Paris 2024, 200m gold medallist
The 2024 Olympic Games men’s 200m gold medallist, Letsile Tebogo of Botswana on breaking the African record, beating American Noah Lyles to win the gold medal, raising his shoes to dedicate the win to his late mother, and his objectives for LA 28 Olympics. Team Athletics Africa and other...
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AFRICA DAY 2023: Unlocking new revenue streams for African Athletes with Rebecca Elliot
Join us for the Athletics 360 Podcast AFRICA DAY 2023 special edition as our Editor-in-Chief Yomi Omogbeja chats with Rebecca Elliot, the Co-Founder of PROTOUCH AFRICA. Issues in this edition: Unlocking new revenue streams and value for African Athletes How African Athletes can leverage their…
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Athletics 360 PREVIEW - 2023 Kip Keino Classic Continental Tour Gold Meeting - Nairobi, Kenya
Join our Editor-in-Chief Yomi Omogbeja and Kenyan journalist Daniel Wahome for an in-depth preview of the 2023 Absa Kip Keino Classic Continental Tour in Nairobi, Kenya on Saturday 13 May, 2023. Subscribe to Listen to Athletics 360 Podcast on-demand: Apple: https://on.ataf.club/2YVaR2C Spotify:...
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Copenhagen Half Marathon 2022: Quick takes with Dorte Vibjerg - the Race Director and Chief Executive for Sparta Athletics Club in Denmark
The 2022 Copenhagen Half Marathon drew the largest number of elite African runners, particularly from Ethiopia and Kenya. Ethiopia dominated winning the men's and women's title. They occupied five podium places, with Kenya taking other solitary top placing. Geshom Nyathi, a Zimbabwean freelance...
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Sounds and feels from BMW BERLIN MARATHON 2022
Great ambient sounds as Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge sliced half a minute from his own world record to win the BMW Berlin Marathon, clocking a sensational 2:01:09 at the World Athletics Elite Platinum Label road race on Sunday September 25, 2022. #athletics #africa #berlinmarathon
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BETA CONVO - S2, E12 with Ruth Usoro (Nigeria)
Nigerian triple-jump national record-holder and 2021 NCAA Division 1 indoor triple jump champion, Ruth Usoro, is our guest on Episode 10 of Bètá Convo Podcast Season Two. Usoro, a two-time All-American and Big 12 champion, set a national record of 14.36m in the women's triple Jump at the Big 12...
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BETA CONVO - S2, E11 with Roberto Mandje (Equatorial Guinea)
Equatorial Guinea's Olympic middle and long-distance runner and the senior manager of runner training and education at New York Road Runners, Roberto Mandje, is our guest on Episode 10 of Bètá Convo Podcast Season Two - originally streamed live on March 14, 2021. Mandje, 39, competed at the 2004...
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BETA CONVO - S2, E10 with Roger Haitengi (Namibia)
Namibian triple jump record-holder and 2014 African Championships bronze medallist, Roger Haitengi, is our guest on Episode 10 of Bètá Convo Podcast Season Two. Haitengi, 36, is also the Athletics Manager at the University of Johannesburg where he obtained a Masters degree in Operations…
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Caster Semenya on new event, tokyo 2020 qualification and more at 2021 ASA Senior Championships.
Double Olympic 800 metres champion Caster Semenya spoke about qualifying for the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics Games in a new event after defending her South African championships 5,000m title in Pretoria, on Thursday. Semenya trimmed nearly 15 seconds off her personal best by crossing the line in...
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BETA CONVO - S2, E09 with Olumide Olamigoke (Nigeria)
Nigerian triple jumper and 2015 African Games silver medallist, Olumide "Olu" Olamigoke Jr., is our guest on Episode 9 of Bètá Convo Podcast Season Two. Born in the United States to Nigerian parents who immigrated there in 1986, Olu Olamigoke is a 2016 Olympian and fitness expert. He also has a...
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BETA CONVO - S2, E08 with Martin Owusu-Antwi (Ghana)
Ghanaian sprinter and Rabat 2019 African Games 4x100m Relay gold medallist Martin Owusu-Antwi is our guest on Episode 8 of Bètá Convo Podcast Season Two. Owusu-Antwi ran the third leg for Team Ghana 4x100m quartet comprising Benjamin Azamati Kafui, Joseph Amoah, and Sean Safo-Antwi to win gold in...
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BETA CONVO - S2, E07 with Khotso Mokoena (South Africa)
South African athlete and triple jump national record-holder Godfrey Khotso Mokoena - the 2008 World indoor champion and Beijing Olympic Games long jump silver medallist is our guest on the seventh episode of Bètá Convo Podcast Season Two. Khotso Mokoena also won two triple jump gold medals -...
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BETA CONVO - S2, E06 with Wilfried Koffi Hua (CIV)
Ivorian sprinter and 2015 Summer Universiade and All-African Games 200m champion Koffi Hua Wilfried Serge is our guest on the sixth episode of Season Two of Bètá Convo Podcast. Wilfried Koffi Hua won a bronze medal (100m, 10.21) at the 2013 Summer Universiade, and gold medal (200m, 20.41) at the...
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BETA CONVO - S2, E05 with Chioma Onyekwere (Nigeria)
American-born Nigerian athlete and 2019 African Games Discus throw champion Chioma Chukwujindu "CiCi" Onyekwere is our guest on the fifth episode of Season Two of Bètá Convo Podcast. Chioma Onyekwere talks about her track and field career and plans to qualify, and medal, at the delayed Tokyo 2020...
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BETA CONVO - S2, E04 with Diane Nukuri (Burundi)
Burundian-American professional distance runner and three-time Olympian Diane Nukuri is our guest on the fourth episode of Season Two of Bètá Convo Podcast. Nukuri talks about what it felt like running again in 2020, especially racing during this Covid pandemic, growing up in Burundi and more....
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BETA CONVO - S2, E03 with Stephen Mozia (Nigeria)
US-born Nigerian shot putter and three-time African Championships Bronze medallist Stephen Ogochukwu Mozia is our guest on this third episode of Season Two of Bètá Convo Podcast with host Nadia Eke. Stephen Mozia represented Team Nigeria at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, Brasil and at the 2014...
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World Athletics President Seb Coe hails Kenya's 'national obsession' with Athletics
World Athletics President Sebastian Coe on Monday praised Kenya's 'national obsession' with Athletics at a year-end virtual conference with African Athletics journalists. "It's not just a sport, it's not just a pastime, it's a national obsession. It's a passion!," said Seb Coe. "When people close...
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BETA CONVO - S2, E02 with Arthur Gue Cissé (Ivory Coast)
Ivorian professional sprinter and national record-holder Arthur Gue Cissé is our guest on this first episode of Season Two of Bètá Convo Podcast with host Nadia Eke. Arthur Cissé holds the Ivorian sprint national records in both the men's 60m and 100m distances with a time of 6.53 secs and 9.93...
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BETA CONVO - S2, E01 with Hafsatu Kamara (Sierra Leone)
Sierra Leonean sprinter Hafsatu Kamara - the flag bearer for Sierra Leone during the closing ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - is our guest on this first episode of Season Two of Bètá Convo Podcast with host Nadia Eke. Hafsa, as she's usually called, was born in the...
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BETA CONVO - S1, E10 with Aminat Olowora (Nigeria)
Nigerian middle-distance runner Aminat Ayinde Olowora is our guest in this tenth and last episode of Season One of Bètá Convo Live with host Yomi Omogbeja. The 26-year-old, who is the NAIA women's track athlete of the year and USA South Central Region athlete of the year in 2019, represented...
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We need new fresh faces, fresh ideas to fix Nigeria Athletics - Coach Fatimat Yusuf-Olukoju on The WAY Show
Athletics 360 presents - Newly appointed chairperson of Kogi State Athletics, Coach Fatimat Yusuf-Olukoju OLY, reminisces on her illustrious track career, her coaching and fitness business, and her plans to help reposition Athletics in Nigeria in this interview with #Wole and #Yomi on The WAY…
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BETA CONVO - S1, E09 with Mark Otieno Odhiambo (Kenya)
Kenyan sprinter and national 100m record-holder Mark Otieno Odhiambo is our guest in this ninth episode of Bètá Convo Live with host Yomi Omogbeja. The 27-year-old is the fastest Kenyan in history over 100m with a personal best of 10.14 seconds, but still holds a day job in human resources with...
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Athletics 360 chat with 2014 Commonwealth Games champion Ese Brume (Nigeria)
Athletics 360 chat with the 2014 Commonwealth Games women's Long jump champion, Doha 2019 World Athletics Championships Long jump bronze medallist, and three-time African senior long jump champion, Ese Brume from Nigeria. Subscribe to Listen to BETA CONVO Podcast on-demand: Apple:...
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BETA CONVO - S1, E08 with Olusoji Fasuba (Nigeria)
Our guest this week on Episode 8 of the BETA CONVO podcast with host Yomi Omogbeja is the current African 100m record-holder (9.85 secs) and 2008 World Athletics Indoor 60m champion (6.51 secs), Olusoji Fasuba from Nigeria. Mr Fasuba, now retired from the sport, is a fully qualified Logistics...
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BETA CONVO - S1, E07 with Nadia Eke (Ghana)
Our guest this week on Bètá Convo Live is Ghanaian jumper Nadia Eke - the Director of Community Engagement at Special Olympics Florida, Ghana's national record-holder in women's Triple jump, and the 2016 African Triple jump champion. Nadia spoke on the lack of knowledge, and perhaps desire, by...
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BETA CONVO - S1, E06 with Derrick Mokaleng (South Africa)
South Africa's rising sensation and Texas Christian University sprinter Derrick Mokaleng was our guest in this sixth episode of Bètá Convo (Better Conversations) Live with our host Yomi Omogbeja. Mokaleng, the SA indoor 400m record-holder (45.67, set in Lubbock 2019) took us through his journey...
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BETA CONVO - S1, E05 with Mapaseka Makhanya (South Africa)
In this fifth episode of Bètá Convo (Better Conversations) Live, our host Yomi Omogbeja chats with South Africa's middle and long-distance runner Mapaseka Makhanya - the 2013 South African Sportswoman of the Year. Mapaseka gives an insight into her life coping with the Covid-19 disruptions and…
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BETA CONVO - S1, E04 with Nijel Amos (Botswana)
This week on Bètá Convo (Better Conversations) Live, our host Yomi Omogbeja gets up, close and personal with Botswana's Nijel Amos - the 2014 Commonwealth Games 800m champion and London 2012 Olympic Games men's 800m silver medallist. Amos shared his experience as an athlete during this Covid-19...
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BETA CONVO - S1, E03 with Loveth Odia (Nigeria)
On this episode of Bètá Convo (Better Conversations) Live, we discuss food, Nigerian jollof and sprinting with the 2017 Conference-USA Indoor 400m champion and CEO of Loveth's Kitchen, Empress Loveth Odia from Nigeria. Kindly SUBSCRIBE to our YOUTUBE Channel and turn on NOTIFICATIONS to support…
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BETA CONVO - S1, E02 with Hugues Fabrice Zango (Burkina Faso)
This week on BETA CONVO, we caught up with the African Triple Jump record-holder (17.77m) and Doha 2019 World Athletics Championships bronze medallist, Hugues Fabrice Zango from Burkina Faso. Enjoy... Please SUBSCRIBE to our Channel and turn on NOTIFICATIONS…
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Athletics 360 chat with Ivorian Coach Anthony Koffi during COMPAAO WhatsApp Meetup session.
Coach Anthony Koffi from the Ivory Coast talks about his work with World Athletics star Marie-Josee Ta Lou, pride in Africa and his life as a coach. Anthony Koffi l’entraineur ivoirien Il a fait ses preuves au Centre international d’athlétisme de Dakar (CIAD) en permettant à la Botswanaise…
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BETA CONVO - S1, E01 with CAA President Hamad Kalkaba Malboum
On this week's Episode of BETA CONVO on the ATHLETICS 360 Podcast, we bring you the President of the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) Mr Hamad Kalkaba Malboum. Mr Kalkaba answered various questions from African journalists ranging from the future of CAA events, support for African…
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Solomon Ogba resigns from the board of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria.
Solomon Ogba says US$150,000 was CAA grant for hosting 2018 African Championships, not for the AFN. Ogba also asks: “Where is the N850m the Solomon Dalung-led Sports Ministry requested from FG to support #Asaba2018???” The Chairman of the Local Organising Committee for 2018 Africa Senior…
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NIGERIA - Sports Minister Dalung accuses IAAF of blackmail
Sports Minister Solomon Dalung dares IAAF, gives no commitment to repay ‘missing’ $130,000 that was overpaid in 2017. Speaking at the 2019 Okpekpe Road Race held on Saturday in Edo State, Mr Dalung questioned the claims made by IAAF, claiming that Nigeria did nothing wrong. “I think Nigeria has...
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The Carthage Race 2019 - Meet Elise
Meet Elise from the USA who had come over to Tunisia for the 5th International Marathon - The Carthage Race 2019 in Tunis, Tunisia on Sunday.
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Lagos City Marathon 2019 - A Recap
A series of mixed zone interviews with the Women’s race winner, Meseret Dinke of Ethiopia and Nigerian winners at the 2019 Access Bank Lagos City Marathon.
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The Athletics 360 podcast, incorporating the BETA CONVO series, brings you better conversations, timely interviews, talk and analysis about topical issues in World and African Athletics. Get to know and hear from the past and current stars of track and field on the continent of Africa, live information and updates from global competitions and events, hot gists and behind the scenes conversations with the stars, coaches, administrators and the fans. | Powered by the team at AthleticsAfrica.
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