AllAfrica.com - Olympics
News from African newspapers, etc. http://allafrica.com/olympics/

 

iafrica.com - Olympics 2008 (South Africa)

Mail & Guardian-Olympics (South Africa)

National Olympic Committee
of South Africa
http://www.nocsa.co.za/

South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee

2008 Olympics, Beijing, China
Official site. http://en.beijing2008.cn/

BBC - Olympics 2008

NBC Olympics

France 24

ESPN - Olympics 2008

CNN Olympics 2008

China Daily - Olympics

Goal - Africa News; Kick-off Nigeria

Asbel Kipruto KIPROP (Kenya) wins silver in the Men's 1500m. Olympic site profile, IAAF profile

Africa sweeps the Men's 10,000 m
Gold: Kenenisa Bekele (Ethiopia) Olympics site profile
Silver: Sileshi Sihine (Ethiopia) Olympics site profile
Bronze: Micah Kogo (Kenya) Olympics site profile

Tirunesh Dibaba Kenene (Ethiopia) wins Women's 10,000 m gold with an Olympic record
Beijing Olympics Official site; New York Times, Aug. 15, 2008; BBC Aug. 15, 2008

Benjamin Boukpeti wins Togo's first medal
New York Times Aug. 12, 2008. Canoe/Kayak Slalom.

Kirsty Coventry (Zimbabwe) wins swimming gold in the 200m backstroke ( new world record time of 2:05.24) and silver in the 400m individual medley, 100m backstroke, and 200m Individual medley. Olympics site profile, New York Times, AFP, Auburn Athletics

Lopez Lomong from the Sudan and member of Team Darfur carries the U.S. Flag
Olympics site profile
BBC Report August 6, 2008
New York Times, August 7, 2008

International Association of Athletics Federations, IAAF -Olympics
News of African athletes, their competition results, world records, continent records, articles, world rankings. The IAAF has Regional Development Centres in Cairo, Dakar (has a directory of country athletic federations) and Nairobi. http://www.iaaf.org/