HPTC athletes make an impact in Moscow and Melbourne
Tuesday 11 April 2006
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) [*THIS LADY HAS APPLIED TO REMAIN IN AUSTRALIA POST CWG. 
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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