African Games: Ethiopian Athletes Sweep Half-Marathon Medals
Rabat, Morocco – Ethiopian women athletes took top-3 spots in the Half-Marathon race here with Yalemzer Yehwala finishing first in 1:10:26 followed by compatriots Degitu Azmeraw (1:10:31) and Meseret Belete (1:12:08) in second and third places respectively.
Ethiopia currently seats in 9th place in total medal standings with 6 gold, 5 silver and 11 bronze medals.
The athletics team, which occupies second place in the athletics category, brought in 17 medals
Current Medal Standings
| Rank | NOC |
G
|
S
|
B
|
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egypt | 87 | 89 | 67 | 243 |
| 2 | Nigeria | 42 | 28 | 38 | 108 |
| 3 | South Africa | 35 | 24 | 22 | 81 |
| 4 | Algeria | 31 | 27 | 56 | 114 |
| 5 | Morocco | 28 | 28 | 42 | 98 |
| 6 | Tunisia | 24 | 34 | 32 | 90 |
| 7 | Mauritius | 6 | 6 | 12 | 24 |
| 8 | Ethiopia | 6 | 5 | 11 | 22 |
| 9 | Madagascar | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 10 | Kenya | 5 | 5 | 8 | 18 |
For more information on Ethiopia’s performance at the games, visit: https://wrs-ag2019g.mev.atos.net/eng/zz/engzz_general-noc-overview-ethiopia.htm
