Africa team gears up for Continental Cup in Split

The team to represent AFRICA at the IAAF / VTB Bank Continental Cup which will be held in Split, Croatia from September 4 to 5, 2010 have now been named.

The provisional entry lists was released at the weekend and included such heavyweights like Double Olympic champion, Tirunesh Dibaba from Ethiopia, Kenya's 2007 World Champion, Janeth Jepkosgei and 2010 800m World Leader, David Lekuta Rudisha amongst others.

Team Selection Criteria

• Africa: the basis of the selection was the results of the African Championships (Nairobi, 28 July – 1 August)
• Americas (NACAC and CONSUDATLE): from the IAAF Top lists as of 31 July with the exception of the 3000m which shall be selected from the IAAF Senior Top Indoor List as of 31 March 2010.
• Asia-Pacific (Asia and Oceania): selection through the results
• Europe: the basis of the selection was the results of the European Championships (Barcelona, 27 July – 1 August)

Competition Format

• Four Area teams; Africa, Americas, Asia/Pacific and Europe
• Two athletes per team in each individual event, except in the 1500m, 3000m, 3000mSC and 5000m where three athletes may enter with two to score.
• Team standings determined by the overall points total of men and women combined (there is no longer a men’s winner and a women’s winner)

Scoring Formula

• Individual events: 1st: 8pts; 2nd: 7pts; 3rd: 6pts; 4th: 5pts; 5th: 4pts; 6th: 3pts; 7th: 2pts; 8th: 1pt.
• Relays: 1st: 15pts; 2nd: 11pts; 3rd: 7pts; 4th: 3pts.
• Teams: Points achieved by men and women will be combined and the overall winner of the IAAF Continental Cup will be the team with the most combined points.

It should be noted that Africa is the only continent not to have name two substitutes for their relay squads.

Team Africa

• Women

100m:

1. Blessing Okagbare NGR
2. Ruddy Zang Milama GAB

200m:

1. Damola Osayomi NGR
2. Estie Wittstock RSA

400m:

1. Amantle Montsho BOT
2. Ami Mbacke Thiam SEN

800m:

1. Zahra Bouras ALG
2. Janeth Jepkosgei KEN

1500m:

1. Nancy Jebet Lagat KEN
2. Gelete Burka ETH
3. Btissam Lakhouad MAR

3000m:

1. Meseret Defar ETH
2. Iness Chenonge KEN
3. Btissam Lakhouad MAR

5000m:

1. Vivian Cheruiyot KEN
2. Tirunesh Dibaba ETH
3. Zakia Mrisho TAN

3000m steeplechase:

1. Milcah Chemos KEN
2. Sofia Assefa ETH
3. Hanane Ouhaddou MAR

110H:

1. Seun Adigun NGR
2. Gnima Faye SEN

400H:

1. Hayat Lambarki MAR
2. Ajoke Odumosu NGR

High jump:

1. Selloane Tsoaeli LES
2. Margaret Simpson GHA

Pole vault:

1. Nisrine Dinar MAR
2. Laetitia Berthier BDI

Long jump:

1. Blessing Okagbare NGR
2. Jamaa Chnaik MAR

Triple jump:

1. Sarah Nambawa UGA
2. Nkiruka Domike NGR

Shot put:

1. Miriam Ibekwe NGR
2. Priscilla Isiao KEN

Discus throw:

1. Elizna Naude RSA
2. Suzanne Kragbé CIV

Hammer throw:

1. Amy Sène SEN
2. Marwa Hussein EGY

Javelin:

1. Sunette Viljoen RSA
2. Hanaa Ramadan Omar Hassan EGY

4x100m:

NIGERIA TEAM

1. Blessing Okagbare
2. Damola Osayomi
3. Agnes Osazuwa
4. Laureta Ozoh

4x400m:

1. Amantle Montsho BOT
2. Ami Mbacke Thiam SEN
3. Shade Abugan NGR
4. Ndeye Fatou Soumah SEN

• Men

100m:

1. Ben Youssef Meite CIV
2. Aziz Zakari GHA

200m:

1. Amr Ibrahim Mostafa EGY
2. Ben Youssef Meite CIV

400m:

1. Mohamed Khawaja LBA
2. Rabah Youssif SUD

800m:

1. David Rudisha KEN
2. Shiferaw Wola Gende ETH

1500m:

1. Asbel Kiprop KEN
2. Amine Laalou MAR
3. Mekonnen Gebremedhin ETH

3000m:

1. Vincent Yator KEN
2. Tariku Bekele ETH
3. Anis Selmouni  MAR

5000m:

1. Edwin Soi KEN
2. Moses Kipsiro UGA
3. Imane Merga ETH

3000m steeplechase:

1. Richard Matelong KEN
2. Roba Gari ETH
3. Benjamin Kiplagat UGA

110H:

1. Othman Hadj Lazib ALG
2. Selim Nurudeen NGR

400mH:

1. LJ Van Zyl RSA
2. Mamadou Kasse Hanne SEN

High jump:

1. Kabelo Kgosiemang BOT
2. Matogno Bong CMR

Pole vault:

1. Hamdi Dhouibi TUN
2. Larbi Bourrada ALG

Long jump:

1. Khotso Mokoena RSA
2. Ndiss Kaba Badji SEN

Triple jump:

1. Tosin Oke NGR
2. Hugo Mamba Schlick CMR

Shot put:

1. Burger Lambrechts RSA
2. Franck Elemba CGO

Discus throw:

1. Omar El Ghazaly EGY
2. Victor Hogan RSA

Hammer throw:

1. Mohsen Anani EGY
2. Chris Harmse RSA

Javelin throw:

1. Eha El Sayed Abdelrahman EGY
2. Hardus Pienaar RSA

4x100m:

SOUTH AFRICA TEAM

1. Hannes Dreyer
2. Simon Magakwe
3. Lehann Fourie
4. Thuso Mpuang

4x400m:

1. Mohamed Khawaja LBA
2. Rabah Youssif SUD
3. Gary Kikaya COD
4. Mark Mutai KEN

See the full entry lists for the Continental Cup below: