Cheickna Traore ๐จ๐ฎ wins 200m gold at the African Championships after helping Ivory Coast claim 4x100m relay gold ahead of Ghana and Nigeria. โก๐ฅ
The Ivorian national record holder says he came to Accra to win โ and he did. ๐ฅ
When you walk (or rather, RUN) the talk!!
Cote D'Ivoire's Cheickna Traore, had been upbeat before the 200m final that he would win, and he matched hype with action, beating Botswana's Phaezel Selepe to win the GOLD medal in a time of 20.32s.
Traore has had a championship that he will not forget for a long time.
Ivory Coast ๐จ๐ฎ has enjoyed an impressive campaign at the African Athletics Championships in Ghana so far:
๐ฅ Menโs 4x100m
๐ฅ Womenโs 200m
๐ฅ Menโs 200m
The Ivorians continue to make their mark on the track.
๐ธ: @MakingOfChamps#Accra2026
Team Cรดte dโIvoire ๐จ๐ฎ stunned the favourites to claim gold in the menโs 4x100m relay at #Accra2026, clocking 38.52s with Cheickna Traorรฉ anchoring the team to victory.
Nigeria ๐ณ๐ฌ secured silver in 38.70s, while host nation Ghana ๐ฌ๐ญ took bronze with 38.74s.
The anchor leg for Cote D'Ivoire was absolutely flying, leaving both Ghana and Nigeria trailing him.
Everyone else felt the African title is between Ghana and Nigeria in the men's 4x100m, but Ivory had other ideas.
โช๏ธCote D'Ivoire ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฅ- 38.52s
โช๏ธNigeria๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ฅ- 38.70s
โช๏ธGhana๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฅ- 38.74s
๐จ๐ฎ Cote d'Ivoire storm to 38.52s gold in the men's 100m final, beating ๐ณ๐ฌ Nigeria (38.70) to silver and ๐ฌ๐ญ Ghana (38.74) to bronze.
#Accra2026
https://t.co/Qp9QhsnWUW
M 800m
GOOD THINGS COME IN THREES!
Handal Roban, Yukichi Ishii and Allon Clay all qualify for Saturday's 800m final!
2 | 1:46.17 | Roban
4 | 1:47.13 | Ishii
7 | 1:47.30 | Clay
Jereem Richards ๐น๐น beats Noah Lyles ๐บ๐ธ to win the men's 300m at the NB Indoor Grand Prix, clocking a time of 32.14s!
He caught Lyles on the finish as the latter ran 32.15s, while Vernon Norwood ๐บ๐ธ got 3rd in a PB of 32.38s.
Trayvon Bromell ๐บ๐ธ was 4th in 35.36s.
300m clash ๐โก๏ธ
8x World Champion Noah Lyles ๐บ๐ธ and NCAA Champion Cheickna Traore ๐จ๐ฎ are set to go head-to-head in the menโs 300m at the Jimmy Carnes Invitational on Friday!
Lyles clocked 31.87 seconds in 2017, setting a world indoor best at that time.
The PURE Athletics adidas group has also entered a menโs 4x400m team.
1:42.87!!๐ฅ
National Record โ๏ธ
Handal Roban ๐ป๐จ ran a massive Personal Best (PB) of 1:42.87 to win the NACAC men's 800m title in Freeport!
He beat Brandon Miller ๐บ๐ธ who ran 1:43.15, while Tyrice Taylor ๐ฏ๐ฒ destroyed the Jamaican Record, running 1:43.74.
Navasky Anderson ๐ฏ๐ฒ himself who had the record before that, set a PB of 1:44.18 in 4th.
@travismillerx13 Nobody is talking about Jessika Gbai. She held her own against the top 2 stars in this race. The Ivorian sprint factory will surprise us this year.