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African athletes clinch World Cup
HAVANA, Sept 28: Nigeria's Sunday Ba anchored the African men's 4x400 metres team to a triumphant victory on Sunday as Africa won the athletics World Cup for the first time, reports Reuter.
A scorching second leg by. Zambia's world 400 hurdles champion Samuel Matete gave the Africans a lead they were never to relinquish In the final event of the three-day eight-team competition.
Ba, who won the individual 400 on Saturday evening, strode confidently down the final straight and waved the baton proudly in the air as he crossed the finish line.
The women's event went to the CIS, computing for the last * time as a Unified Team but here, too, there was plenty to delight the Africans with a 10,000-3.000 double for Ethiopia's Olympic 10.000 champion Departu Tulu.
Individual highlights on Sunday Included Tutu's win in the 3,000, another title for Czechoslovakia's Olympic Javehn champion Jan Zeienzy
and a splendid- exhibition of high hurdling by Britain's Colin Jackson.
Jackson, who finished only seventh In the Olympic final, clocked 13.07 seconds despite toppling the final flight. He Is the only person to run faster this year.
But it was the Africans' performaryes on a warm, Iju-mid Caribbean evening which will linger In the memory Watched by Cuban President Fidel Castro. Ethiopia's world 10,000 silver medalist Flta Bayesa raced away with the men's 5.000.
Tulu was equally command Ing in the women s 3.000 and the 4x400 relay team never looked like being beaten
Individual winners for the Africans were Ba. Matete. Bayesa and Kenyan steeplechaser Philip Barkutwo while there were second places for Kenya's Olympic champion William Tanul In the 800.. Nigerian Olapade Adcniken in the 1OO and South African Tom PetranofT In the Javelin.
The unified women's team won only two individual events — the 1.500 and 1OO — but they had great strength in depth with six second places.
The emergence of Africa since the first World Cup In 1977 has been one of the significant developments In athletics over the past decade.
Another Is the Imooriancr
of money in a fully professional sport phis the proliferation of big-money meetings and Internationa] Amateur Athletic Fcdcratlon(IAAF) competitions.
The future of the Cup has been questioned but IAAF officials say there are no plans at present to scrap the competition.
Instead they propose staging it every fourth years when there are no Olympic Games or World Championships.
If this is acceptable to the IAAF Council, which meets In January, the next World Cup will be held 1n 1994. Candidates at present Include Birmingham. England. Singapore and an undisclosed wntlf tn South AfHr*n