OFFICIAL PROGRAMME MOI INTERNATIONAL SPORTS CENTRE, KASARANI 12-16 July 2017 Nairobi , Kenya
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OFFICIAL PROGRAMME MOI INTERNATIONAL SPORTS CENTRE, KASARANI 12-16 JULY 2017 Nairobi , Kenya | 1 2 | TABLE OF CONTENTS //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Message from the IAAF President - Lord Sebastian Coe 4 Message from the Patron, The First Lady of the Republic of Kenya H.E. 5 Mrs. Margaret Kenyatta Message from the Governor of Nairobi - Dr. Evans Kidero 6 Message from the LOC CEO – Mr. Mwangi Muthee 7 Message From Athletics Kenya President - Lt. Gen (Rtd) Jackson Tuwei 9 Message from the Cabinet Secretary for Sports, Culture and the Arts - 10 Hon. Dr. Hassan Wario Arero Principal Secretary State Department of Sports Development - 11 Amb Peter Kirimi Kaberia CBS IAAF Council List 12 IAAF Competition Delegates 13 Local Organizing Committee Members 14 Kenya – Brief Story 17 Nairobi: The City In The Sun 20 Nairobi City Attractions 22 A Little Swahili For Our U18 Guests 26 Map Of Nairobi 28 History Of The IAAF World U18 Championships 29 Championship U18 Records 30 U18 – World Best Perfomances- Men 31 U18 – World Best Perfomances- Women 32 Competition Timetable 33 Stadium Map & Ticket Prices 35 List of IAAF Member Federations 36 Profiles 41 | 3 MESSAGE FROM THE IAAF PRESIDENT - LORD SEBASTIAN COE It gives me great pleasure to write this foreword I look forward to the Championships and the opportunity to the Official Programme of the IAAF World U18 to soak in the sporting culture of a country which lives Championships Nairobi 2017. and breathes running. In many respects visiting Kenya represents a pilgrimage to one of the temples of athletics These World U18 Championships mark an historic which, from the first Olympic triumphs of Amos Biwott, moment for Kenyan athletics as they are the first global Kipchoge Keino and Naftali Temu in the 1960s, have track and field championships that the country has ever produced some of the world’s greatest endurance staged. Kenya’s only previous experience as a host of an athletes. IAAF World Athletics Series event was in 2007 when the port city of Mombasa was the venue for the IAAF World On behalf of the IAAF, I would like to thank the Kenyan Cross Country Championships. people for extending such a warm welcome to the global athletics family and to acknowledge everyone who has While Kenya is not the first African country to have hosted helped make these championships possible including these Championships, as back in 2005 Morocco staged the Ministry of Sports, Culture and the Arts, Nairobi the then World Youth Championships, nevertheless this County Government, the Official Partners and Suppliers edition in the Kenyan capital marks another important of this World Athletics Series event, Asics, Seiko, TDK organisational step for Africa to organising the senior and Mondo, and the Local Organising Committee and IAAF World Championships. Athletics Kenya and their partners and suppliers. Teams from over 100 countries have gathered here in I wish the young athletes competing this week, many Nairobi for five days of athletics at the Moi International of whom will be travelling abroad for the first time Sports Centre, Kasarani, for what promises to be a in their lives, an enjoyable experience and, along marvellous celebration of youth athletics. The host team with the coaches, officials, media and spectators, a cheered on by a passionate audience, who know a successful and memorable time at the IAAF World U18 thing or two about top class middle and long distance Championships Nairobi 2017. running, can be expected to add to their historic tally of 43 gold medals won at the nine previous editions of Lord Sebastian Coe these Championships. IAAF President 4 | MESSAGE FROM THE PATRON, THE FIRST LADY OF THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA, H.E. MRS. MARGARET KENYATTA Welcome to Kenya! In addition, I also wish to pay tribute to the IAAF for granting Africa a leg of the prestigious IAAF Diamond It is a great honour for Kenya to be hosting the 10th and League Series with Morocco hosting the 10th round of final edition of the IAAF World U18 Championships. the 2017 Series on July 16; the same day we conclude We are especially proud to be inviting so many the IAAF World U18 Championships in Nairobi. young and talented athletes from all over the world to this prestigious event. I applaud the International Finally, I would like to commend the Government Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) for of Kenya through it’s various Ministries led by the granting Kenya this unique opportunity to offer a Ministry of Sports, Culture and the Arts, the Local springboard for the success of future stars. Organising Committee, Athletics Kenya, Kenyatta University, all our sponsors, partners, suppliers, I wish to pay tribute to all the previous hosts: officials and, in a most special way, the volunteers Bydgoszcz (1999), Debrecen (2001), Sherbrooke who are working round the clock to ensure Nairobi (2003), Marrakech (2005), Ostrava (2007), Brixen delivers a memorable final edition of the World U18 (2009), Lille (2011), Donetsk (2013) and Cali (2015) – Championships. for enabling talented youths to lay great foundations To all our visitors, I would like to encourage you to for their track and field careers. take time off after these Championships to sample our world famous High Altitude Athletics Training Centres. The Championships offer an occasion to celebrate, Our country also boasts amazing flora and fauna and applaud and recognise the diverse talents and you will certainly leave with lasting memories through abilities of young people across the world who have visits to our beautiful coastal beaches, national parks, all worked extremely hard to prepare and participate game reserves and historical sites such as those in in this event. Our own celebrated Kenyan athletes Northern Kenya; which is an archaeological haven have risen to greatness through previous participation and the cradle of mankind. in these Championships and I hope they will serve as To all participating athletes, I wish you success in your an inspiration to others. respective events; may these Championships present Dear friends, 2017 is a significant year for African you with great opportunities as stars and headline athletics with another World Athletics Series event, makers in the future. the IAAF World Cross Country Championships being H. E. Mrs Margaret Kenyatta successfully hosted in Kampala, Uganda, in March. The First Lady of The Republic of Kenya | 5 MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR OF NAIROBI DR. EVANS KIDERO Now that it is all systems go for the IAAF World U18 urge delegations to visit our tourist sites in and around Championships, allow me to welcome the global the city and to explore the flora and fauna of our great athletics fraternity to our beautiful county and capital nation. city. Make a date to return here in the future to relax and After many weeks of preparations by our national enjoy our world class tourism at the Coast, in the and county governments, world and national world’s eighth wonder of Maasai Mara, or on the athletics authorities, athletes, volunteers and other Western circuit where there are many other sites stakeholders, our beautiful city and great nation are along the Lake region. ready to host the youth of the world for the next six days of competition and cultural celebration. Through this official programme, I now wish to welcome the entire delegations to Nairobi County and Kenyans are very hospitable people and Nairobi, I wish the youth of the world a very enjoyable stay and being the microcosm of the nation’s society, is the successful participation in the 10th IAAF World U18 right place to be in the coming days. Championships. I urge the delegations to exercise care at all times, Nairobi being a cosmopolitan place with people of Dr Evans O Kidero, EGH different interests and behaviour. In the same vein, I Governor Of Nairobi County The Nairobi National Park 6 | MESSAGE FROM THE LOC CEO – MR. MWANGI MUTHEE The Local Organising Committee (LOC) of Douglas Wakiihuri and Samuel Wanjiru. the IAAF World U18 Championships Nairobi 2017 welcomes all our visitors. On behalf These championships will be Kenya’s time of all Kenyans, we are happy to have you to re-live its history of athletics and we hope around during this historic moment when it will also be of interest to many in the rest our country for the first time hosts a major of the world. Nyandika Maiyoro was the first IAAF World Athletics Series (WAS) event, the to captivate the nation, then a British colony, 11th and final edition of the IAAF World U18 during the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne, Championships. Australia. He finished seventh in the 5000m but he is remembered as if he was a winner. We thank the Kenya Government led Steering It was at the 1958 Commonwealth Games in Committee, the Government of the Nairobi Cardiff, Wales, the second games that Kenya City County and the International Association attended (after 1954 in Vancouver, Canada) of Athletics Federations (IAAF). We thank that the country first grabbed medals. Arere them for their support, in finance, kind and Anentia took bronze at the 6 miles and personnel, the faith they put in and the Bartonjo Rotich, bronze at the 440 yards encouragement they have given the LOC at hurdles. every step of the way in preparing for these championships. The LOC will be making sure that as many pioneer medallists as possible from the past We hope to see wonderful competition, Olympic Games, World Championships, fast times run and huge distances jumped Commonwealth Games and All Africa Games, and thrown, by the participants who range will be at Moi International Sports Centre to between 15 and 17 years of age. Ours is a mingle with and inspire young athletes of country with immense admiration for young today during the World U18 Championships.