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The Kenyan team was overtaken on Monday in confusion that invaded the 21st African Athletics Championships when they were forced to spend the night in Lagos after connecting flights specially arranged for the competition in Asaba.
The team, led by Abraham Mutai, president of the Central Rift branch of Athletics Kenya, arrived at Murtala Mohammed International Airport shortly after 2 pm
but after having They were transferred to the local terminal at 4 pm They were told that they could not take the plane to the city of Asaba, where the August championships will take place at the stadium. Stephen Keshi from tomorrow to Sunday.
Subsequently, the team was housed at an airport in Lagos. Asaba which is about 500 kilometers from Lagos.
Several teams were caught in confusion with the Ivory Coast team who even threatened to steal. They were convinced otherwise.
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The Ivorians have on their team the fastest woman in the world this year, Marie-Josée Ta Lou, who ran the world in the lead with 10.85 seconds League meeting in last May
The other great Ivorian sprinter, Murielle Ahoure, retired from these championships due to an injury and went to the United States to be cured [19659010] "We are aware of the confusion."
Susan Kamau, Executive Director of Athletics Kenya, also accompanied the Nairobi team
. Mohammed Airport on Monday [19659005] While the competition was due to start Wednesday morning, some delegations even planned to return home as the backlog of connecting flights continued to bite.
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Teams from South Africa, Zambia , Côte d 'Ivoire, Benin, Morocco, Senegal, Uganda and Uganda. Algeria were part of the 500 athletes and officials expected to connect to the city of Asaba. If the Ivorians had withdrawn from the championship, their withdrawal would have been a blow for the organizers because they have the best sprinters of the world on their list.
Technical officials were also blocked, some having spent three days in Lagos. With places for the IAAF Continental Cup taking place on September 8th and 9th in Ostrava in the Czech Republic, athletes are taking these championships of Africa with great zeal.
Mathew Sawe, Kenya's jumping jumper crossed two meters and 30 centimeters to break the national record, was among the athletes caught up in the fray.
The rider of the Kenya Defense Forces had just arrived from his training base in Paris and was waiting for the arrival of the K "I even had to leave my pbadport at the airport. 39, immigration, because it took a little time for our visas to be settled, "said Sawe, as an enyenne team that ended up landing shortly after 14h local time. He rushed to take the first chartered flight from Murtala Mohammed Airport to Asaba earlier in the day around 11 am
President of the African Malboum Kalkaba Athletics Confederation of Cameroon and Continental Corps General Secretary Lamine Fathy with Athletics Kenya President Jack Tuwei and Kenyan technical officials Dimmy Kisalu and George Kariuki.
"Be patient please and give me your names so that I can get you boarding cards"
Even then, the boarding cards were distributed as confetti, even without airline officials asking for identification of travelers
Apparently, there is only one plane. a raft chartered by the local carrier Max Air Limited who was making the trips to and from Lagos of Asaba causing the delay agonizing.
Later in the afternoon, the organizers were forced to charter two more planes to catch up on the backlog. FLIGHTS
In the absence of scheduled flights to Asaba, about 500 kilometers from Lagos, the organizers of these championships have chartered aircraft to transfer delegations arriving in the city of Delta State
. a number of athletes and officials were to be accommodated in hotels in Lagos awaiting transfer on Monday
Athletes from South African and Algerian teams were planning to rent their own plane to go to Asaba on time. but were eventually booked on an Overland Flight charter.
South Africans were in Lagos Sunday morning and could not stand a second day of waiting. These championships were given to Asaba largely thanks to the philanthropy of Delta State, with the state having made the decision to host the competition at the renovated Stephen Keshi stadium.
In the absence of scheduled flights to Asaba, the hosts were caught between a rock and a difficult place to the chagrin of athletes, officials and journalists.
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