Agnes wins in Pretoria

MIDDLE-DISTANCE runner Agnes Samaria won the 800-metre race in the last leg of the Yellow Pages Champions Challenge in Pretoria, South Africa, on Saturday.

Samaria won in a time of 2 minutes 03,89 seconds, a week after she also won the 1 500m in the second last leg of the same competition held in Stellenbosch. “God is with me.I am very happy.It was a slow and tactical race but I planned my run well,” she said.She said she might run at the South African National Championships in Durban next week, but is still waiting for a go-ahead from Athletics Namibia.Samaria is preparing for the All Africa Games, due in Algeria in two months’ time.She said AN has to write a letter to the South African athletics authorities to give athletes the go-ahead to compete at the event.She said AN president Alpha Kangueehi is in Johannesburg at the moment and will attend to the issue.”God is with me.I am very happy.It was a slow and tactical race but I planned my run well,” she said.She said she might run at the South African National Championships in Durban next week, but is still waiting for a go-ahead from Athletics Namibia.Samaria is preparing for the All Africa Games, due in Algeria in two months’ time.She said AN has to write a letter to the South African athletics authorities to give athletes the go-ahead to compete at the event.She said AN president Alpha Kangueehi is in Johannesburg at the moment and will attend to the issue.

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