South African sweep in African GamesCourtesy of Miguel Ferreira Tiaan Kannemeyer led a South African clean sweep of the medals at the All Africa Games cycling road race over 160km at the Expo Centre south of Johannesburg on Sunday, beating national champion Malcolm Lange in a time of three hours, 50 minutes, 42 seconds. Behind Kannemeyer, Olympian Lange won the silver in 3:53:28 and Jacques Fullard the bronze in 3:56:20, outsprinting David Dickenson of Zimbabwe on the line. "This has to be the highlight of my career. I'm in the best shape I've ever been in," said 20-year-old Kannemeyer, who is preparing for the World Championships at Verona, Italy, next month. "I managed to break away after halfway and after that I just focused on the gold medal. With about 50km to go, I was still with this Egyptian rider (Walid Abass), but we had a lead of four minutes. That's when I attacked him and I knew I would win." Kannemeyer's gold medal on Sunday was his second at the Games, after his silver behind compatriot James Perry in the time trial on Friday. Lange's silver medal on Sunday and Fullard's bronze meant South Africa won the maximum five out of six medals on offer in the two cycling events (only two riders per country were permitted in the time trial). Kannemeyer broke from the main bunch at 75km, taking Abass of Egypt with him. The two riders managed to build up a substantial lead between them on the 14km circuit, until the South African attacked after two-and-a-half laps. Ian Martin, the South African team manager, said the plan had worked to perfection. "Initially it was up to James Perry and Nicholas White to work together to help either Tiaan, Malcolm or Jacques to get away. "Once Tiaan had a one-minute lead, Malcolm got away with about 30km to go, after some hard attacking. Then it was up to Jacques to just hold on until the sprint," said Martin. Fullard's third position denied Dickenson his second medal of the Games, the Zimbabwean having finished third behind Perry and Kannemeyer in the time trial. Dickenson was followed home by White in fifth place and Abass in sixth. Perry finished in 10th position.
7th All Africa Games, CC Johannesburg, South Africa, September 17, 1999 Men's ITT 40 kms 1. James Perry, RSA 49.28.419 2. Tiaan Kannemeyer, RSA 49.53.755 3. David Dickson, Zimbabwe 51.22.629 4. Amr Elnady, Egypt 52.01.975 5. Ephrem Tewelde, Eritrea 52.32.996 6. Mannie Heymans, Namibia 52.43.113 7. Mohamed Abdelfattah, Egypt 52.56.344 8. Hedson Mathieu, Seychelles 53.58.571 9. Scnay Tsegay, Eritrea 54.09.013 10. Gareth Barry, Zimbabwe 54.21.368 11. David Kinja, Kenya 54.42.770 12. Cyril Larue, Seychelles 54.43.458 13. Jacques Celliers, Namibia 54.57.873 14. Steward Pharmasse, Mauritius 55.25.776 15. Justiniano Araujo, Angola 58.16.280 16. Georg Onaye Ocien, Kenya 58.17.620 17. Jean Pierre Giuseppin, Zambia 58.28.608 18. Woldekidan Geremew, Ethiopia 58.33.863 19. Luis Carvalho, Angola 59.04.489 20. Alpoin Julies, Zambia 59.09.709 21. Nicolas Mercier, Mauritius 59.16.589 22. Desta Bisetegn, Ethiopia 59.43.458 23. Djim Joukadar, Senegal 01.07.683 24. N'Gatta Coulibaly, Cote d'Ivoire 01.25.480 25. Abdoulaye Thiam, Sengal 01.31.546 26. Nourgo Bamba, Cote d'Ivoire 01.47.049 27. Rabakie Quedraogo, Burkina Faso 01.01.33.536 28. Matinukina Lumingu, Dem Rep Congo 01.01.53.423 29. Jean Gahemba, Rwanda 01.02.40.164 30. Selenge Kimoto, Dem Rep Congo 01.03.54.706 31. Serge Bondosseng, Gabon 01.04.07.908 32. Stanislas Nollet, Gabon 01.04.29.597 33. Jean Mugabu, Rwanda 01.06.20.049 34. Seydou Sanfo, Burkina Faso 01.08.03.175 35. Bakari Chikambo, Tanzania 01.08.25.765 36. Saidi Mohamed, Tanzania 01.09.40.072 Francois Andjitanga, CARep. DNS Alexis-Pascal Takosso, CARep. DNS Mens Road Race, 160 kms 1. Tiaan Kannemeyer, RSA 03.50.42 2. Malcolm Lange, RSA 03.53.28 3. Jacques Fullard, RSA 03.56.20 4. David Dickson, Zimbabwe 03.57.07 5. Nicholas White, RSA 03.57.07 6. Mahmoud Abbas, Egypt 03.57.07 7. David Mehari, Eritrea 03.59.23 8. Gareth Barry, Zimbabwe 03.59.23 9. Senay Tsegay, Eritrea 03.59.23 10. James Perry, RSA 03.59.23 11. Ephrem Tewelde, Eritrea 03.59.23 12. Mehari Duri, Ethiopia 03.59.23 13. Woldekidan Geremew, Ethiopia 03.59.23 14. Jacques Celliers, Namibia 03.59.23 15. Maurice Waweru, Kenya 03.59.23 16. Mannie Heymans, Namibia 03.59.23 17. Mohamed Kholafy, Egypt 03.59.23 18. Desta Bisetegn, Ethiopia 03.59.37 19. Mehreteab Kibreab, Eritrea 04.01.01 20. Even Zekarias, Eritrea 04.01.23 21. Amr Elnady, Egypt 04.01.23 22. Hedson Mathieu, Seychelles 4.01.23 23. Liam Somers, Zimbabwe 04.04.26 24. Walid Abass, Egypt 04.04.26 25. Frank Bombosch, Namibia 04.04.26 26. Carlos Lagarelhos, Angola 04.08.49 27. Matinukina Lumingu, Dem Rep Congo 04.08.49 28. Manuel Manuel, Angola 04.08.49 29. Steward Pharmasse, Mauritius 04.10.45 30. Djim Joukadar, Senegal 04.12.02 31. Brendon Stirling, Zimbabwe 04.16.08 32. Luis Carvalho, Angola 04.17.43 33. Paul Minnaar, RSA 04.17.43 34. Kiros Berhe, Ethiopia 04.17.43 35. Zenabu Aynemeshet, Ethiopia 04.17.43 36. Louis Ohanya, Tanzania 04.19.30 37. Pierre Knoetze, Namibia 04.20.27 38. Gebar L'Introuvable, Mauritius 04.20.27 39. Christable Gresle, Seychelles 04.21.57 40. Andrew Boniface, Seychelles 04.21.57 41. Alpoin Julies, Zambia 04.23.10 42. Jean Pierre Giuseppin, Zambia 04.26.06 43. Boubacar Camara, Senegal 04.31.11 44. Emad El Masry, Senegal 04.31.25 45. Abdoulaye Thiam, Senegal 04.31.25 |