Athletics 360

Interview with Prudence Sekgodiso (RSA) – 2025 ASA Grand Prix 1 in Tshwane, South Africa. Credit: ASA

Interview with Letsile Tebogo (Botswana) – 2025 ASA Grand Prix 1 in Tshwane, South Africa Credit: ASA

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 journalists caught up with Tebogo in the mixed zone after winning the men’s 200m gold at the Stade de France in...

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 brand value and influence for increased rewards Like this content? Follow @athleticsafrica on YouTube / F...

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: https://on.ataf.club/37K6o6Y Google: https://on.ataf.club/2BjXbq3 TuneIn: http://tun.in/pkry2 Stitcher:...

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 sports journalist based in the UK, had an interview with Dorte Vibjerg , the Race Director and Ch...

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

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 indoor championships on 26 February 2021, after setting a lifetime best of 6.82m in the long Jump. This...

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 Olympic Games for Eq. Guinea running the 1500 metres and at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships...

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 Management in 2017. This episode was originally streamed live on YouTube.com/AthleticsAfrica on 7 March, 2021. S...

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 15:52.28 — 42.28 secs outside the Tokyo qualifying time of 15:10. The race was staged at an altitude of...

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 degree in human movement studies from Indiana University. Subscribe to Listen to BETA CONVO Podcast on-...

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 38.30 seconds in Rabat. Subscribe to Listen to BETA CONVO Podcast on-demand: Apple: https://on.a...

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 - 17.20m at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, and 17.03m at the 2014 African Championships i...

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 2015 Summer Universiade. He also won double sprint gold medals in 100m (10.05) and 200m (20.25) a...

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 Olympic Games and post Covid 2021. Subscribe to Listen to BETA CONVO Podcast on-demand: Apple: https:/...

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. "What I love about the Marathon is kinda like life. Life is hard and you just have to be able to stick to...

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 and 2016 World Indoor Athletics Championships in Sopot, Poland and Portland, USA respectively.  Th...

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  their eyes and think about Kenya, so often the first images they have is  the Kenyan flag a...

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 secs respectively.  The 23-year-old has won several medals at the international level for Côte d'I...

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 United States to Sierra Leonean parents and lived in Sierra Leone for some time during her childhood....

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 Nigeria at the 2018 CAA African Athletics Championships in Asaba, Delta State. To help fund Aminat Olowora...

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 Show Weekly.   "We have a lot of fixing to do, and we need awesome people, like-minded fol...

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 Kenya’s national postal service in Nairobi where he lives. Subscribe to Listen to BETA CONVO Podcast on-...

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: https://on.ataf.club/2YVaR2C Spotify: https://on.ataf.club/37K6o6Y Google: https://on.ataf.club/2BjXbq3 Stitcher: http...