17 July 2011
Luanda — The national athletics team will train, next August, in Pretoria (South Africa), in view of its participation at the 10th edition of the Maputo Pan-African Games (Mozambique), according to a source of the federation.
Carlos Rosa, chairperson of the Angolan Athletics Federation, who revealed the fact to ANGOP this Sunday, stated that the national team will head to this competition to obtain satisfactory results.
The national team is made up by six athletes Ulica Costa (high jump) who trains in the USA, Mafuta Dimaketa (hammer throw) in Portugal, Avelino Dumbo (half-marathon), Manuel António (1.500 metres), Lourenço António (800 metres), all from Interclube, and Fernanda Muquixi of 1º de Agosto who will run in the 100 and 200 metres.
The squad shall be managed by Augusto Severiano (technical director of the federation), who is also leading the caravan.
The Pan-African games are set to be held from September 03 to 17 in the Mozambican capital, Maputo.
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