Celestine Karoney
African Sports Reporter and Presenter at BBC South Africa
Talking African sports online & on TV | BBC Africa | Views are mine | Instagram: cjkaroney | LinkedIn: https://t.co/6xGmh9fq4t…
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1 week ago |
bbc.com | Celestine Karoney
Simbine's success with South Africa in the 4x100m relay at the Games last year provided a resounding dismissal of that 'nearly man' label and also served as a reward for the consistency he has displayed over the past decade. That continued when he clocked 9.90 seconds in Botswana last month and became the first sprinter to run under the 10-second barrier in the 100m for 11 straight years.
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1 month ago |
bbc.com | Celestine Karoney
Given his own childhood experiences, Tebogo is now on a mission to use the transformative power of sport to inspire the next generation in partnership with World Athletics. He has been named as ambassador for the governing body's Kids' Athletics programme, which aims to encourage children to be more active. "Athletics has given me so many opportunities, and I want young people to believe in themselves, dream big and enjoy the sport," he said.
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1 month ago |
sports.yahoo.com | Celestine Karoney
Raised by a single mother in a village in southern Botswana, sport provided Letsile Tebogo with a route out of rural hardship. Without his passion for football and athletics – which ultimately brought him the men's Olympic 200m gold medal last August – the 21-year-old sprinter admits his life could have been very different. Advertisement"Without sport, I [would] probably be a criminal by now," Tebogo told BBC Sport Africa.
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Jan 23, 2025 |
bbc.com | Celestine Karoney
Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Kirsty Coventry is aiming to succeed Germany's Thomas Bach as president of the International Olympic CommitteeCelestine Karoney & Rob StevensKirsty Coventry hopes to "challenge the status quo" at the International Olympic Committee (IOC) should she be elected as its first female president.
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Jan 23, 2025 |
sports.yahoo.com | Celestine Karoney |Rob Stevens
Kirsty Coventry hopes to "challenge the status quo" at the International Olympic Committee (IOC) should she be elected as its first female president. The 41-year-old former swimmer would also become the youngest person and the first from outside Europe or North America to head the organisation in its 130-year history should she see off six other candidates and succeed Thomas Bach in March's vote.
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Kenya 🇰🇪 finish 5th with a national record in the men’s 4 by 400m as 🇿🇦 take the gold to emerge as the top country from the World Athletics relays this weekend with two gold and a bronze medal!!!
What an outing the Spanish 🇪🇸 female relay teams are having in Guangzhou at the World Relays! And South Africa’s 🇿🇦investment in athletics is showing - gold and bronze in two events in a row and they can add a medal in the men’s 4 by 400m as well!
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