African power to set Berlin alight (again).

New AfricanNbr. 2009, January 2009

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WORLD ATHLETICS

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African power to set Berlin alight (again).

The renewed clash of the Ethiopians and the Kenyans over the longer distances, and the sprinting sparkle of the Jamaicans, both remembered freshly and fondly from the Beijing Olympic give the World Athletics Championships in Berlin (15-23 August 2009) a completely different feel to that of the "Nazi" Olympics, the last major international athletics competition in the city, which took place exactly 73 years ago to the month. Clayton Goodwin reports.

The Americans should be ashamed of themselves, letting Negroes win their medals for them. I shall not shake hands with this Negro ... do you really think I will allow myself ...

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