Gambia: Ansu Sowe, Others Prepare for Beijing 2008

Nov 13,2006 00:00 by editor

The Gambian Number One marathoner, Ansu Sowe and Bakary Jabbi are currently in Kenya, undergoing intensive training ahead of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

A respectable performance from the duo and other Gambian athletes in the Commonwealth Games held in Melbourne, Australia, led to the award of scholarships to the duo to prepare for the next Olympic Games. The duo are training in the Kep Keino Training Centre, a renowned athletics training arena in Kenya. Another Gambian athlete, Jaysuma Saidy-Ndure is also in Norway with a private coach preparing for the same championship.

Two more Gambian athletes in the persons of Isaac Jones and Sulayman Bah are listed for the 2012 scholarship programme, while efforts are being made to place jones in an institute in Australia.

The Gambia Athletics Association (GAA) is the undisputed champions in the regional Junior competitions having won the competition repeatedly for the past four years.