August 2010
UFA OLYMPIA Athlete wins Gold Medal in Youth Olympic Games,
setting the first Olympic Record for 1000m.
She won the 1000m
race in 2.43.24
August 1-2010
OLYMPIA
ATHLETE IS NUMBER ONE IN THE WORLD!
Tizita Bogale wins
the world Junior Championship in 1500m at the World
Championships in
Canada.
Ethiopia's Tizita Bogale duly won the race but Ciara
Mageean with a stunning performance managed to upset
the expected African domination when winning the
silver medal ahead of Nancy Chepkwemoi on the final
day of the 13th IAAF World Junior Championships at
the Stade de Moncton.
Bogale after dominating her semi final, proved the
stronger in the finishing straight to produce a PB
4:08.06 as she pulled away from the unrated Irish
athlete with Kenya's Nancy Chepkwemoi struggling
behind them clocking 4:11.04.
"This is my first time competing at the
Championships and I'm delighted to have won it,"
said Bogale. "The race was very competitive. There
was a fierce struggle for the win and I am happy to
withstood all that."
Indeed Bogale's victory the first for her country
since Abebech Nigussie's success a decade ago, was
nearly thwarted by the Mageean who ran an incredible
metric mile.
Mageean who set an unheralded National record of
4:15.46 a year ago in Finland and who only came into
contention in the last 500m of the race, reduced
that mark to a fantastic 4:09.51.
Asmerawork Bekele who came into the race as the
fastest performer but has been ill recently finished
last. The Ethiopian struggling from the beginning of
the race at least finished and her time of 4:30.02
was nowhere a true reflection of her ability for the
future.
June 14-2010
HAPPY BIRTHDAY OLYMPIA 2ND & 3RD IN
THE WORLD
Bekele & Bogale,
Olympia athletes, hit the heady heights of the IAAF “Top
Lists” Best in the world!
They are 2nd and 3rd!!!!
female Junior category, In the world!!!!!
And here at Olympia ATC We are
celebrating the end of our second full year and the start of
our third! What a wonderful birthday gift!
Check this out… (updated
13th June 2010)
Poor No More!
Jan 29-2010
Olympia Altitude Training
Center has stepped forward with a new initiative aimed at
raising young people out of the poverty bracket by
harnessing their innate talent to run. During the past few
months the director of the center, based in Addis Ababa,
went deep into the countryside of Ethiopia where poverty
abounds with a mission to select young boys and girls who
have talent, and give them the opportunity to change their
lifestyles.
Olympia
Altitude Training Center organized a distance running event
in the villages high up in the mountains and called upon the
youth to come and run. Most of them turned up barefoot and
in a pair of old running shorts and a vest and lined up with
great eagerness to compete. About 100 young people
participated and the first three boys and first three girls
were selected to go to Addis Ababa, all expenses paid for
three years, and live in the Olympia Altitude Training
Center, which is home to International Athletes. Here the
youths are trained in running and are provided full board
and accommodation together with full coaching provided by
some of the best of Ethiopian Coaches.
The dream
for these selected athletes is to run all across the world
in major international races and to win money from their
efforts. In the meantime, as they grow and prepare, Olympia
supports and sponsors them towards achieving their dream.
Poor
No More! Is about
helping these youngster to achieve their own dream and to
inspire others towards having similar dreams. It’s all about
showing the humble villager that he or she can have a global
running career. In this highly athletic world that we live
in, it is all about giving them the chances before they have
proved themselves and encouraging them and supporting them
to become the greats of the future.
The next
phase of Poor No More! Which will be launched in the
summer of 2010, is to provide education to the youths. As
the program grows to take in more young people they will be
entered into formal education channels which will ensure
their future prospects of being employable are strong.
Olympia
Altitude Training Center believes in development of the
local community within the community as well as presenting
the finest athletes on the international stage.
For
more information email
antonio@olympia-atc.com
BREAKING
NEWS
Dec 31-2009
Olympia Altitude Training
Center is proud to announce Spira Footwear as the Technical
Sponsor for its athletes for 2010.
With races set for the first
weekend in January in Austria, Abu Dhabi Half Marathon and
after in Ras Al Khaimeh Half Marathon, Olympia athletes are
set to ‘spring’ into action. Due to the unique technology of
Spira shoes, a wave spring absorbs the impact of the
runner’s footfall and recycles the energy returning it back
to the athlete! To learn more about the shoe and its
technology check out this video
http://www.spirafootwear.com/wavespring_technology.php
Spira shoes are the first
breakthrough in running shoe technology in years, and with
Spira being new and vibrant, it is a perfect partnership.
Olympia is now on the eve of its third year and celebrates
the signing of its latest athletes who will be carrying the
Spira brand around the globe. Spira has an exciting and
charismatic look to its sports apparel, assuring eye
catching winning moments.
This exciting move propels
both brands forward to a new level and we look forward to
seeing the “Finish Line” embossed with the Olympia and Spira
Logos – together.
Olympia Altitude Training
Center is located in Addis Ababa and provides residential
training programs for athletes at 2700 meters above sea
level as well as managing elite athletes.
“The company’s by line is ‘Win
Your Race’, and together with Spira we believe that this
goal is now even more attainable”, says Antonio Nannoni,
Elite Manager and Partner.
http://www.spirafootwear.com
