Kene Ndoye jumping to bronze at the World Indoors In Birmingham (© Getty Images)
The 44th national championships took place in the Senegalese capital this weekend (Fri 9 and Sat 10), in the presence of IAAF President Lamine Diack and the National Sports Minister Youssoupha Ndiaye, who jointly inaugurated the new track in the Stade Iba Mar Diop.
Click here for previous track inauguration story
It was therefore quite appropriate that the new track witnessed a new national record, even if the men’s 3000m Steeplechase mark of 9:20.06 set by Samy Gomis on Saturday won’t exactly set Kenyan hearts trembling prior to the Athens Olympics!
It was the two Long Jump competitions which brought the best marks of the two days, with Ndiss Kaba Badji, winning the men’s discipline with a leap of 8.03m, and Kène Ndoye, more known worldwide for her triple jumping, taking the women’s event with a 6.48m effort.
On the track there was a women’s sprint double for Aminata Diouf (11.48 in 100m and 23.28 for 200m), while World 400m bronze medallist Amy Mbacke Thiam won the 400m in 53.85.
Results -
Men
100m 1er Souhalia Alamou (BEN)10.1 ; 2e Malang Sané 10.3 ; 3e Oumar Loum 10.4 ;
200m 1er Marius Loua (CIV) 21.16 ; 2e Oumar Loum 21.24 ; 3e Jacques Sambou 21.55 ;
400m 1e Seydina Doucouré 47.93 ;
800m 1e Abdoulaye Wagne 1:48.42 ;
1500m 1e Cheikh Ndiaye 3:59.79 ;
5000m 1e Ibrahima Gning 15:03.85 ;
10,000m 1e Ibrahima Gning 31:05.14 ;
110 mH 1e Amadou Diouf 14.18 ;
400mH 1e Ibou Faye 50.91 ;
3000m steeple 1e Sammy Gomis 9:20.06 (NR) ;
HJ 1e Idrissa Ndoye 2.10 ;
LJ 1e Ndiss Kaba 8.03 ;
Shot 1e Sohibou Diédhiou 13.81 ;
Javelin 1e Yves Sambou 65.16 ;
Hammer 1e Adama Camara 46.03 ;
4x100m 1e JA 41.51 ; 4x400m 1e ASFA 3:12.89
Women
100m 1e Aminata Diouf 11.48 ;
200m 1e Aminata Diouf 23.28 ; 2e Aïda Diop 23.31 ;3e Fatou Binetou Fall 23.53 ;
400m 1e Amy Mbacké 53.85, 2e Noah Muriel (CAM) 54.10, 3e Fatou Soumah
55.68 ;
800m 1e Aminata Sylla 2:11.90, 2e Marième Niang 2:11.95 ;
1500m 1e Raïssa Djihounouk 4:47.11 ;
5000m 1e Aïda Pouye 19:46.54 ;
100mH 1e Carole Kaboud (CAM) 13.88 ;
400mH 1e Fatou Faye 1 :02.27 ;
LJ 1e Kène Ndoye 6.48, 2e Ya Koïta (MAL) 6.11, 3e Khadidiatou Camara (MAL) 6.08 ;
TJ Rokhaya Gadio 12.33 ;
HJ 1e Ya Fama Diallo 1.65 ;
Javelin 1e Adama Sané 41.66 ;
Shot 1e Aîssatou Camara 10.41 ;
Discus 1e Aïssatou Camara 31.30 ;
Hammer 1e Aïssatou Camara 34.30 ;
4x100m 1e Dial Diop 46.60 ;
4x400m 1e Cameroun 3:38.64.
