Irving Saladino of Panama on his way to winning the silver medal in the men's Long Jump final (© Getty Images)
At the heart of the IAAF’s Development programme stands the global network of seven High Performance Training Centres (HPTCs).
Managed and supervised under IAAF control, the HPTCs - Eldoret (KEN), Asia (MAS), Dakar (SEN), Kingston (JAM), Mauritius (MRI), Oceania (NZL), South America (BRA) - provide centres of excellence for the training and development of international class athletes and coaches.
Currently there are some 38 athletes training at the centres, under varying types of scholarships, and of these talents many were active in the last month at the two major track competitions, the 11th IAAF World Indoor Championships, Moscow, Russia, and the 18th Commonwealth Games, Melbourne, Australia.
Here is how they performed:
World Indoor Championships - Moscow, Russia
HPTC |
ATHLETE |
EVENT |
RESULT |
DAKAR |
Amandine ALLOU AFFOUÉ (CIV) |
60m |
Semi-final |
S. AMERICA |
Irving SALADINO (PAN) |
LJ |
Silver medal PB: 8.29 Also AR |
S. AMERICA |
Louis TRISTÁN (PER) |
LJ |
PB 7.35m Also a NR |
Commonwealth Games - Melbourne, Australia
HPTC |
ATHLETE |
EVENT |
RESULT |
DAKAR |
Antonio VIEILLESSE (MRI) |
400m H |
Semi-final |
DAKAR |
Ester AGATHISE (NGR) |
LJ |
7th |
ELDORET |
Ezekiel KEMBOI (KEN) |
3000mSC |
Gold medal |
ELDORET |
Chauncy MASTER (MAW) |
1500m |
PB: 3:56.76 |
ELDORET |
Lucia CHANDAMALE (MAW) |
5000m |
10th |
KINGSTON |
Jermain GONZALES (JAM) |
400m |
Bronze 400m (PB 45.16s) Bronze 4x400m |
KINGSTON |
Roger POLYDORE (DMA) |
400m |
PB: 47.40 |
MAURITIUS |
Guillaume THIERRY (MRI) |
Dec |
8th |
|
Ana PO’UHILA (TGA) |
SP |
7th |
|
Setefano |
1500m |
3:53.61 PB |
OCEANIA |
Chris WALASI (SOL) |
100m |
10.78 PB |