{"id":328745,"date":"2011-03-22T08:26:09","date_gmt":"2011-03-22T08:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/22\/rwanda-iaaf-boss-pledges-support-to-country\/"},"modified":"2011-03-22T08:26:09","modified_gmt":"2011-03-22T08:26:09","slug":"rwanda-iaaf-boss-pledges-support-to-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/22\/rwanda-iaaf-boss-pledges-support-to-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda: IAAF Boss Pledges Support to Country"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"37.6186714542\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/><!-- close google_banner_mid div ---><\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newtimes.co.rw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/218ad26fnewtimes180.jpg\" alt=\"The New Times (Kigali)\" title=\"Visit The New Times (Kigali)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- begin story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p>Bonnie Mugabe<\/p>\n<p>22 March 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>The International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF) boss Lamine Diack is ready to help Rwanda send a formidable team in the 2013 World Cross Country Championship, whose venue is yet to be named.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Like many other African countries, Rwanda has found it hard to participate in the World cross country championship so the whole idea is to help out in any way we can,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We want to see new champions coming from North and West Africa.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_inset_a div ---><\/p>\n<p>According to the Senegalese, the reason for staging the next edition in 2013 is to enable all nations prepare adequately.<\/p>\n<p>Bydgoszcz and Punta Umbria have already declared interest in hosting the next edition according to IAAF general Secretary General Pierre Weiss.<\/p>\n<p>IAAF slashes Rwanda&#8217;s quota<\/p>\n<p>The body has slashed Rwanda&#8217;s quota at the World cross country championship to two.<\/p>\n<p>Initially, IAAF has been footing half of the team&#8217;s expenses (airfare and accommodation) during the championship but the country&#8217;s inconsistency had provoked the body to revise their offer.<\/p>\n<p><!-- end story layout piece here --><\/p>\n<p><!-- close google_banner_subbody div ---><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><b>More News on allAfrica.com<\/b><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Follow this link:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201103220092.html\" title=\"Rwanda: IAAF Boss Pledges Support to Country\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rwanda: IAAF Boss Pledges Support to Country<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Bonnie Mugabe 22 March 2011 The International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF) boss Lamine Diack is ready to help Rwanda send a formidable team in the 2013 World Cross Country Championship, whose venue is yet to be named. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-328745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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