African Games 2023

I often feel remorse for not publishing anything concerning Athletics in Africa or America. My championships reports are limited to World and European ones. The main reason for this is that I prefer to report on something I have watched live on tv and, since I am not following the African or Pan-American championships, (I don't even know if there is a way to watch them from Europe) I prefer to abstain. Still, I regret this and I try to at least read the summaries published in the World Athletics site.

This time I was surprised to find a very detailed coverage of the athletics competition during the African Games 2023, which were held in Ghana in March 2024. (I guess that after the Tokyo 2020 Olympics held in 2021, organisers can date the major events as they like). And it was in none other but the excellent site Athletics Podium, curated by a small group of Turkish athletics journalists. I have already linked to this great site and I must say that, whenever I visit it, I am impressed by the amount of work and expertise that is being poured into it.

This time they did even better. Imitating World and European athletics who publish books with statistics prior to major events, the people of Athletics Podium compiled the first book with the statistics of the African Games focusing on Athletics. And, of course, the digital book is a free download. It's excellent work and I urge you to go and download it. You will definitely learn something about Athletics in Africa.