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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 episode was originally streamed live on YouTube.com/AthleticsAfrica on April 4, 2021. 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 TuneIn: http://tun.in/pkry2 Stitcher: https://on.ataf.club/2V459dU Radio Public: https://on.ataf.club/2YhYheE Overcast: https://on.ataf.club/2Bm2G7X SUBSCRIBE to our YOUTUBE Channel Beta Convo is powered by AthleticsAfrica

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 and XTERRA Trail World Championships respectively in 2012 and 2013. 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 TuneIn: http://tun.in/pkry2 Stitcher: https://on.ataf.club/2V459dU Radio Public: https://on.ataf.club/2YhYheE Overcast: https://on.ataf.club/2Bm2G7X SUBSCRIBE to our YOUTUBE Channel Beta Convo is powered by AthleticsAfrica

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. 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 TuneIn: http://tun.in/pkry2 Stitcher: https://on.ataf.club/2V459dU Radio Public: https://on.ataf.club/2YhYheE Overcast: https://on.ataf.club/2Bm2G7X SUBSCRIBE to our YOUTUBE Channel Beta Convo is powered by AthleticsAfrica

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 1,339 m (4,393 feet) and Semenya is considering running the same distance at sea level, where the air is less thin and times generally faster. “If the guys in Durban (sea-level city) do something in May, I might run,” Semenya said after her victory. “I am pretty happy with how I ran (today) — it is all about having fun. I can’t really focus on Tokyo if I’m still building up myself at the moment.” Last year, Semenya announced she would pursue Olympics 200m qualification. But the three-time 800m world champion has changed her mind, believing distance races will lengthen her career. "I am 30 years old and if I were to do sprints it would be a risk to my muscles. In distance (running), there is more time to find consistency," said the three-time world 800m champion.

Strong winds deny Akani Simbine and Gift Leotlela new records at the 2021 Sizwe Medical Fund ASA Senior Track & Field and Combined Events Championships in Pretoria on Thursday. Simbine stormed to victory in the 100m with a season leading time of 9.82 secs (+2.8m/s), with the 0.8m/s wind over the legal limit ruling it out from being a new South African record. In one of the other semi-finals at the Tuks Athletics Stadium, Gift Leotlela raced to victory in 9.94 secs (+3.6m/s) but the windy track also denied him a new legal sub-10 second mark.

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-demand: Apple: https://on.ataf.club/2YVaR2C Spotify: https://on.ataf.club/37K6o6Y Google: https://on.ataf.club/2BjXbq3 Stitcher: https://on.ataf.club/2V459dU Radio Public: https://on.ataf.club/2YhYheE Overcast: https://on.ataf.club/2Bm2G7X SUBSCRIBE to our YOUTUBE Channel Beta Convo is powered by AthleticsAfrica and Axxelerate.

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.ataf.club/2YVaR2C Spotify: https://on.ataf.club/37K6o6Y Google: https://on.ataf.club/2BjXbq3 Stitcher: https://on.ataf.club/2V459dU Radio Public: https://on.ataf.club/2YhYheE Overcast: https://on.ataf.club/2Bm2G7X SUBSCRIBE to our YOUTUBE Channel Beta Convo is powered by AthleticsAfrica and Axxelerate.

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 in Marrakech, Morocco.  He holds the South African triple jump record of 17.35 metres, which was set at the Le Grande Stade, Marrakesh, Morocco on 14 September 2014. 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: https://on.ataf.club/2V459dU Radio Public: https://on.ataf.club/2YhYheE Overcast: https://on.ataf.club/2Bm2G7X SUBSCRIBE to our YOUTUBE Channel Beta Convo is powered by AthleticsAfrica and Axxelerate.

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) at the 2014 CAA African Athletics Championships in Marrakech, Morocco. 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: https://on.ataf.club/2V459dU Radio Public: https://on.ataf.club/2YhYheE Overcast: https://on.ataf.club/2Bm2G7X SUBSCRIBE to our YOUTUBE Channel Beta Convo is powered by AthleticsAfrica and Axxelerate.

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://on.ataf.club/2YVaR2C Spotify: https://on.ataf.club/37K6o6Y Google: https://on.ataf.club/2BjXbq3 Stitcher: https://on.ataf.club/2V459dU Radio Public: https://on.ataf.club/2YhYheE Overcast: https://on.ataf.club/2Bm2G7X SUBSCRIBE to our YOUTUBE Channel Beta Convo is powered by AthleticsAfrica and Axxelerate.

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 what you're doing," says Nukuri. Nukuri, who holds the Burundian national records for 1500, 5000, 10,000 metres, and the half-marathon, competed for Burundi as a fifteen-year-old in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney in the 5,000m and in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London in the marathon. 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: https://on.ataf.club/2V459dU Radio Public: https://on.ataf.club/2YhYheE Overcast: https://on.ataf.club/2Bm2G7X SUBSCRIBE to our YOUTUBE Channel Beta Convo is powered by AthleticsAfrica and Axxelerate.

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.  The 27-year-old is a graduate of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from  Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. He's a Sales Executive, IoT and Augmented Reality at Rockwell Automation in Austin, Texas, USA. 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: https://on.ataf.club/2V459dU Radio Public: https://on.ataf.club/2YhYheE Overcast: https://on.ataf.club/2Bm2G7X SUBSCRIBE to our YOUTUBE Channel Beta Convo is powered by AthleticsAfrica and Axxelerate.

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 and your extraordinary array of talented athletes over  the years," he added. Coe spoke on a wide range of issues and was happy that  World Athletics had tackled the Coronavirus-ravaged season well,  managing to put together several top competitions, including the successful Kip Keino Classic in Nairobi, Kenya in October 2020. "The first  objective we set ourselves (after the pandemic struck in March), which was an understandable one because we are an athlete-centred  organization, was to do everything we possibly could to get the athletes back into training and then into competition," he explained. "Secondly, because  the Olympic Games had been postponed, we needed to expedite our current review of the Olympic qualification standards and systems and release any changes we were making as quickly as possible to the athletes. "To remove an  Olympic Games has a knock-on effect, in our case, for five years and so  it's really important that we were reorganising our calendar in a way  that was respectful to other events, particularly for some of you in Africa who consider the Commonwealth Games to be a very high priority. While the crisis  management in that department was taking place, we then had to maintain the focus of growing the sport in alignment with the strategic plan." #AthleticsAfrica #Athletics360 #BetaConvo

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'Ivoire including a gold medal in men's 4x100m relay at the 2015 African Games and a silver medal in 100m at the 2018 African Championships in Asaba, 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: https://on.ataf.club/2V459dU Radio Public: https://on.ataf.club/2YhYheE Overcast: https://on.ataf.club/2Bm2G7X SUBSCRIBE to our YOUTUBE Channel Beta Convo is powered by AthleticsAfrica and Axxelerate.

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.  She competed for Sierra Leone at the 2016 Summer Olympics where she finished 8th in her heat for the 100m and did not qualify for the semi-finals. 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: https://on.ataf.club/2V459dU Radio Public: https://on.ataf.club/2YhYheE Overcast: https://on.ataf.club/2Bm2G7X SUBSCRIBE to our YOUTUBE Channel Beta Convo is powered by AthleticsAfrica and Axxelerate.

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 journey to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in 2021, check out her Go Fund Me page at: https://uk.gofundme.com/f/Help-me-fund-my-olympic-dreams 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: https://on.ataf.club/2V459dU Radio Public: https://on.ataf.club/2YhYheE Overcast: https://on.ataf.club/2Bm2G7X SUBSCRIBE to our YOUTUBE Channel

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 folks that loves the sport to do it, to be our face,” said Coach Fatimat.   "We have all these old people running our sport, with old ideas that have failed us, and they continue to be there. Why? They need to go! We need new fresh faces, fresh new ideas, and we have them in Nigeria. We have people who can get the job done. But the roadblocks, how are you going to cross it? But, we will cross it.” 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: https://on.ataf.club/2V459dU Radio Public: https://on.ataf.club/2YhYheE Overcast: https://on.ataf.club/2Bm2G7X SUBSCRIBE to our YOUTUBE Channel

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-demand: Apple: https://on.ataf.club/2YVaR2C Spotify: https://on.ataf.club/37K6o6Y Google: https://on.ataf.club/2BjXbq3 Stitcher: https://on.ataf.club/2V459dU Radio Public: https://on.ataf.club/2YhYheE Overcast: https://on.ataf.club/2Bm2G7X SUBSCRIBE to our YOUTUBE Channel

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: https://on.ataf.club/2V459dU Radio Public: https://on.ataf.club/2YhYheE Overcast: https://on.ataf.club/2Bm2G7X SUBSCRIBE to our YOUTUBE Channel

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 officer with the HM British Royal Navy. He bemoans the lack of support and ill-treatment of athletes, the constant in-fighting among administrators and officials, and also reiterates the need to merge the sport and entertainment industry in Nigeria to increase investments into the sports sector. WATCH Full Video Interview: https://youtu.be/68UwVuBa5Pc 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: https://on.ataf.club/2V459dU Radio Public: https://on.ataf.club/2YhYheE