Nigeria could announce Moleya's "arrival" on the world stage

The African Senior Athletics Championships that start in Nigeria today and will run until August 5 may well be the springboard that Chris Moleya needs to attract the attention of the world on its world-clbad high jump ability.

Moleya, 21 years old Former student of the University of Pretoria, he recently landed fourth place at the IAAF World Cup in London and finished third with a jump of 2.26m in Madrid .

The senior athletics championship will be held in Asaba, in the state of Delta. a gold medal.

Moleya has been in the limelight for a few years.

In 2015, at the age of 18, he participated in the Pan-African Games and won a bronze medal. This proves that he is not intimidated when he is competing internationally.

The statistics of the season certainly favor Moleya to be a contender of the medal during the African Championships.

Only Kenya's Mathew Sawe, who jumped 2.30m, can boast of a better performance.

The thing that could count against the Tuks athlete is to be involved in an unexpected "marathon". On Monday, with his South African teammates, he had traveled 55 hours to get to Asaba

. Hopefully they will have recovered today when they start competing.

When he is fully rested, Moleya is confident of jumping 2.30m

"My coach, Hugo Badenhorst, keeps telling me that I have a real talent and that I should draw the I know that there is a big leap that is just waiting to happen, when it does, I do not know, I just have to keep being positive. [19659003] "In a good day, I could even jump 2.35m. But again, I do not want to be obsessed with skipping a certain height. "

Tuks star Moleya grew up in Zebediela in Limpopo, like most of his friends he was a pbadionate football player who also participated in athletics.

"I started jumping high when I was 13. Four years later, I won the first national title and that changed everything for me. for me to go to study at the Prestige College, "said Moleya who hopes to study sports science next year at Tuks.

What excites Badenhorst is that Moleya has not until 39, now never really done any serious training.His accomplishments are apparently due to pure talent and hunger to be the best.

"I did not start coaching Chris until I had a good time. ;from March. As far as I am concerned, he is as talented as the former world champion, Jacques Freitag, if not more.

"What impresses me about Chris is his confidence in himself, he's set clear goals and he's going to reach them all." But I do not want him to. it is under pressure.The plan is that it should only be at its best in 2024. "- African News Agency (ANA)