Desporto em Angola | Angola Sport

[Matthias Offodile]

The country also needs some exposure in the field of sports

So I will do my start what I can find but please I need the help of some Angolans, too! It would be nice to see it being updated by someone else than just me!

Football
Hockey
Basketball
Volleyball
Motor Sports
Handball
Sailing

etc.

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Angola National fottball Team World Cup 2006

Pedro Manuel Torres (born March 18, 1982 in Huambo), is an Angolan football player, who is better known as Mantorras. He currently plays for Benfica, from Lisbon. He has drawn comparisons to Eusébio, another player from lusophone Africa (in this case Mozambique) who played for Benfica in the 1960´s.

Mantorras joined Benfica in 2001 after a great season in Alverca FC. In 2002, Mantorras suffered a serious knee injury, that almost put an end to his career. Fortunately, after two years of hard and painful recovery, he returned to the field to help Benfica win the 2004/05 Superliga.

He was one of the best players in the Angolan National Team that was the first ever African Portuguese-speaking country to qualify for the World Cup, in 2006.

Benfica's highly-rated Angolan striker Pedro Mantorras obviously is not one to forget his roots.

Mantorras has already been described as the best player to come out of Portuguese-speaking Africa since Eusébio left Mozambique for Benfica in the early 1960s. Success-starved Benfica fans would not find such comparisons too fanciful. They fell in love with Mantorras as soon as they saw him turn on the style in pre-season. Eusébio himself says of the youngster: 'He has special qualities and is set for a great future.'

some more players

Manuel Antonio Cange, nicknamed Locó (born 25 December 1984 in Luanda, Angola), is an Angolan football right defender who, as of May 2006, plays for Primeiro Agosto. He is noticeable during matches due to his unique hairstyle.

He is a member of the national team, and was called up to the 2006 World Cup.

Carlos Manuel Gonçalves Alonsor, better known as Kali (born 11 October 1978 in Luanda, Angola) is an Angolan football central defender who currently, as of August 2006, plays for FC Sion.

He is a member of the national team, and was called up to the 2006 World Cup.

Pedro Emanuel dos Santos Martins Silva (born February 11, 1975 in Angola), known as Pedro Emanuel, is an Angolan professional footballer, who plays for FC Porto. He holds a degree in Agriculture.

Marco Paulo Coimbra de Abreu, better known as Marco Abreu (born 8 December 1974 in Lubango, Angola), is an Angolan football left defender who as of May 2006, played for Portimonense. He is a member of a Portuguese family. He left Angola at the age of two for Portugal and is a replacement for left-back Yamba Asha, who is unable to compete due to suspension.

He is a member of the national team, and was called up to the 2006 World Cup. He made his debut at the 2006 African Cup of Nations in Egypt. However, an injury during the tournament in January has meant he has been out of action since

Édson de Jesus Nobre, otherwise known as Édson (born 3 February 1980 in Benguela, Angola), is an Angolan football Striker who currently, as of May 2006, plays for FC Paços de Ferreira.His previous clubs include Anadia and Oliveira do Bairro and played two years each for those two portuguese clubs.Edson made his league debut for FC Paços de Ferreira against C.D. Nacional and played the full 90 minutes but his team lost 1-0 to the Madeira club.In 2005 Edson Nobre signed a contract until 2010 after going to the portuguese club for a free transfer.He is a member of the national team, and was called up to the 2006 World Cup.

João Ricardo Pereira Batalha Santos Ferreira (born January 7, 1970 in Luanda, Angola) better known as João Ricardo (pron. IPA: [ʒu'ɐ̃ũ ʁi'kaɾðu]) is an Angolan football goalkeeper who currently plays for Atlético Petróleos Luanda.

He played a pivotal role in Angola's surprise 0-0 draw with Mexico in the group stage of the tournament, making several key saves one where he saved a Rafael Marquez free-kick and a Pavel Pardo shot with one hand. In his subsequent game against Iran he performed very well and was soon offered a contract by Iranian outfit F.C. Zob Ahan.

Marco Ibraim de Sousa Airosa (Luanda, 6 de Agosto de 1984) é um defensor do futebol angolano que joga actualmente no Centro Desportivo de Fátima.

Adérito Waldemar Alves De Carvalho better known as Dedé (born 4 July 1981 in Lobito) is an Angolan midfielder currently playing for F.C. Paços de Ferreira.His previous clubs include Académica Petróleos do Lobito,O.Elvas CAD,C.D. Portosantense,C.D. Trofense.His scored his first goal on his debut in the Portuguese Liga against C.S. Marítimo from a header.

Manuel Rui Marques (born 3 September 1977, also known as Rui Manuel Marques) is an Angolan footballer player from Luanda, Angola but he moved to Portugal as a child because of the war. He is currently playing for Leeds United. He plays as a defender.

Marques began professionly in Germany's SSV Ulm 1846 in the 1999-2000 season but then moved to Herta Berlin in Berlin, Germany's capital and one of their top clubs.

Marques then moved to VfB Stuttgart where he played four seasons at the German club. In the 2004-05 season he moved to CS Marítimo of Madeira, Portugal. After struggling to break into the first team, Marques was subsequently released by Marítimo after just one season and in the 2005-06 season Marques moved to Leeds United in England on a Bosman transfer[1]. Marques made one appearance for Leeds in the 2005-06 season in the Carling Cup against Oldham, in which he was clearly very nervous and uncomfortable playing at right-back, Marques did not feature again for Leeds that season and at the end of 2005-06 he went to Hull City on a short-term loan[2], which was cut short due to injury.

The 2006-07 campaign again saw Marques over-looked by manager Kevin Blackwell, and again by the new Leeds manager Dennis Wise, who made it clear Marques would not feature under his leadership and was told he was free to leave the club[3], along with a number of other squad and fringe players. However, Marques has never once complained about his isolation from the first team and has worked hard to try and prove himself, being included in a number of different match-day squad listings and on a couple of occasions making the substitutes bench.

Marques' hard-work and persistence was rewarded when he was called up to the first team squad for Leeds United's 2-1 victory against Coventry City on 1 January 2007, where he turned in a very solid performance at centre back. This performance saw Marques being rewarded with a long run in the starting lineup at Elland Road. Marques stated that he would prefer to concentrate on Leeds' relegation battle than signing a new deal. He was an instant hit with the fans, who dubbed him a "Sex machine".[4]. However, Leeds were relegated to League One, but Marques showed his commitment to the club and signed a new deal on the 7th August 2007. Marques is now a regular in the first team and scored his first goal for the Elland Road outfit on 18 August 2007 in the 4-1 drubbing of Southend United in the dying minutes of the match.

Fabrice Alcebiades Maieco, better known as Akwá (born 30 May 1977 in Benguela), is a professional football striker from Angola with Atlético Petróleos Luanda. He played in Portugal for Alverca and Benfica, and in Qatar for club side Al Wakra and Al Gharafa. Akwa captains the national side and was selected for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, despite then being without a club. He has 80 caps and 36 goals for Angola as of June 2006. In his home country of Angola, Akwa is thought of as the elite sports icon, almost as Americans would view athletes like Michael Jordan or Peyton Manning. In June 2007, Akwá signed with the home squad Petro Atlético Luanda.

He scored the winning goal against the Nigeria national team in qualifying in June 20, 2004.

His most recent success came when, in a game of Pro Evo doubles at the House of Trouser, Bristol, Akwá (representing Chaz and Heyward) popped up to score the winner against Saudi Arabia (Alex and Jamie). Good times.

Akwá has a brother, Rasca, who is a professional football player for Petro Atlético Luanda.

Paulo José Lopes de Figueiredo (born 28 November 1972 in Luanda, Angola), nicknamed Figueiredo, or Figu for short , is a football midfielder with dual Angolan and Portuguese citizenship, who currently, as of August 2006, plays for the Swedish club Östers IF.

Figueiredo was born in Angola, but had to move to Portugal as a child because of the war. In 2003, he was invited to play for Angola, and returned to the country of his birth. He was called up to the 2006 World Cup where he had a key-role in the Angolan offense.

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Afrobasket 2007, Angola won that Cup

National Basketball Team of Angola

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ANGOLA WINS

25 August

Luanda -Comemora-se em Luanda a festa do nono título do Afrobasket2007, conquistado hoje pela selecção nacional angolana sénior masculina de basquetebol, ao vencer no pavilhão principal da Cidade Desportiva, em Luanda, a sua congénere dos Camarões por, 86-72.

A final foi assistida pelo Presidente da República de Angola, José Eduardo dos Santos, acompanhado pela primeira dama Ana Paula dos Santos.

Fonte: COCASM

Hard-fought match makes Title victory sweeter

5.08.2007


Luanda - The Cameroon side insisted on playing on the inside where its players were clearly stronger and even on the attack they gained rebounds from the shorter Angolan centres, ending with 34 rebounds won against 20 by the hosts. This was the weakest point of the national side. This was the last time the match stood evening: 29 points each. At the end of the first half the result stood at 33-31.

The attempts to bring on younger players didn’t work and the Angolan coach turned back to experience. In the third quarter, with a mix of age and youth on the court, the team played its strong suit, a defence creating more pressure which unnerved the Cameroons and forced them to lose successive attacks.

A three-pointer by Eduardo Mingas – one of the highlights of the final – made the score 41-34 eight minutes from the end of the period. Lutonda came back on the court at 3:38 as well as Carlos Almeida and Victor de Carvalho.

This gave Angola a 20-point lead two minutes from the end of the period but their opponents’ deficit fell to 16 points by the end (67-51). But this was the most productive performance of the hosts despite a technical foul by the coach the lead was 11 points and the lack of blocks after throws.

The fourth period started with the fourth foul by Carlos Almeida with the lead being cut to 13 points with a three-pointer. Then Cipriano committed his fourth foul nine minutes from the end.

The difference in scores continued to fall. But Angola “sped ahead” again to 73- 56 at six minutes. And a good defence brought about a dispossession. As the match went on, the Cameroons began to get more physical as this was their strength. But a smash by Morais astounded Cidadela and the crowd went wild. It was a great relief in the face of pressure from an opponent which showed quality and never stopped fighting.

4:46 from the end Carlos Almeida converted a three-pointer and stretched the lead to 16 points (78-62).

However, with the pressure by the Cameroons, the Angolans made successive fouls and with the free throws the lead was cut to 78-66 3:18 from the end. The coach Ginguba asked for a time out 02:45 from the end but with under two minutes to go the lead had been cut to only 78-68.

Lutonda came back on and the ball kept going his way. In trying to stop him his main marker went too far and used foul language to the referee who penalised him for unsportsmanlike conduct, this being vital for the final result of the match with only 10 points in it.

With around a minute to play there was a substitution which will go down in history: Lutonda made way for Luís Costa. It was the hotshot’s last game and he has not retired from the national team.

His replacement scored his only two points and the last points of the final (86-72), confirming the ninth title and the fifth consecutive presence at the Olympics, records in basketball.

Source: Angop

Provincial government congratulates African champions





Luanda – The Provincial Government of Luanda congratulated the national male basketball team for winning the 24th edition of the African championship Afrobasket2007 last Saturday in Luanda.

In a message sent today to Angop, the provincial government is happy about the victory achieved by the national team which, for the ninth time, became African champion.

"This wonderful achievement is a great source of pride and we need to recognise the great level of responsibility incumbent on us in the sporting path of our team to the Olympics", read the message.

He went on to say that "with happiness and pride, the provincial government is expressing the commitment to, within its possibilities and responsibilities, do everything it can to create the material conditions required for the good performance of the management, technical and playing bodies of our team".

Source: Angop

SUPPORT OF AFRICA TO ANGOLA FOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP OF 2012



23 August 2007

Luanda - It is unanimous the support of Africa to Angola in a possible candidature to the organization of the world championship of the modality in 2012. They expressed like this FIBA Africa through his president Alain Ekra, as well as most of leaders and trainers of the you equip presents in Angola to dispute the 24th African Championship Masculine Senior of Basketball.

This support comes to corroborate the very positive appreciation and the praises that are had fabric to the good organization of Afrobasket 2007 in Angola.

Source: COCASM

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Hockey

Angola was the only African national team that participated in the Hockey World Championship in Montreux Switzerland in 2007...and they played well

Angolan National Team Photos









Angola against Argentina...and Angola won

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Professional Angolan Paraglider/Hanglider

Leva o nome de Angola bem alto, mas bem alto mesmo

Justino Quissua, de 24 anos de idade, reside no Rio de Janeiro, onde estuda Contabilidade e Finanças, e onde igualmente pratica desportos aéreos.

O angolano é actualmente o único representante nacional em eventos de voo livre, em Asa delta e representou recentemente o nosso país no pré Mundial de Asa Delta, que teve lugar nos Estados Unidos da América, no Estado de Texas na cidade de Big Spring.

Com um desempenho positivo, qualificou-se em quinquagésimo lugar na classificação geral, dum evento que decorreu durante 5 dias com condições meteorológicas extremas e com equipamento alugado.

Justino é apoiado pela Fundação José Eduardo dos Santos (FESA) e pela TAAG, que têm permitido a este atleta levar o nome de Angola bem alto.

Aug 29
Fonte: Angola Acontece

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A young Angolan has entered Formula 3

Angolano brilha na Formula 3

Ricardo Teixeira é o piloto angolano que disputa pela equipa Carlin Motorsport o Campeonato Inglês de Formula 3, categoria do desporto automóvel de onde têm partido muitos dos actuais pilotos que actualmente correm na Formula 1.

Os resultados que tem alcançado, sobretudo nas últimas provas, num total de 16 corridas, todas referentes ao Campeonato Inglês de F3, considerado o mais competitivo da categoria, dão mostras inequívocas da sua total adaptação e consequente melhoria no domínio do seu Dallara F304 Mugen Honda.

Ricardo Teixeira, que frequenta o curso de Engenharia Mecânica na Universidade de Birmingham, na Inglaterra, garante que tudo fará para continuar a dignificar o país e elevar bem alto o nome de Angola.

Aug 26/ 2006
Fonte: Angola Acontece

Campeonato de Fórmula 3 Britânica



Piloto angolano é o melhor com motor Honda


Ricardo Teixeira voltou a conseguir uma boa prestação no terceiro treino oficial da pré-época da Fórmula 3 britânica, realizado em Croft, no dia 21 de Março. O piloto angolano foi o mais rápido a rodar com motor Honda.
A bordo do monolugar vermelho e preto, cor da bandeira de Angola, Ricardo Teixeira rodou em 1m 13.676, contra 1m 12.875 do monolugar mais rápido, pilotado por Stephen Jelley, com motor Mercedes. Ainda assim, conseguiu o 9.º melhor tempo, à frente de Rudolfo Gonzalez, campeão de 2006 da National Class e actual piloto n.º 1 da Honda.

Após os excelentes primeiros testes oficiais em Pembrey e Snetterton, o piloto, apoiado pela petrolífera angolana Sonangol, está a surpreender na pré-época de 2007 do campeonato de Fórmula 3 Britânica, ao ser dos pilotos mais rápidos que subiram de escalão.


Ricardo Teixeira assume não «estar à espera de andar tão rápido no início deste ano», pois considera a Champion Class, categoria para onde evoluiu desde o ano passado, como mais difícil que a National Class. «Há mais pilotos repetentes na Champion Class. Este ano temos também o campeão de Fórmula BMW e o de Fórmula Renault inglesa, o que torna 2007 um ano muito competitivo. Mas eu tenho estado a rodar entre os Top 6 ou Top 10, a duas ou três décimas do primeiro».

Ricardo Teixeira corre para grande prémio de F3

Piloto angolano corre no primeiro Grande Prémio da Roménia Crédito: P. Racing
O corredor angolano vai fazer a sua terceira corrida da época de 2007 no Campeonato de Fórmula 3 Britânica em Bucareste.

A África Today já chegou a Bucareste, capital da Roménia, para acompanhar mais uma corrida de Ricardo Teixeira na F3 Britânica.

Serão três dias de um Grande Prémio que será corrido nas ruas da capital romena,à volta do antigo palácio de Ceausescu. Este evento promete ser bastante emocionante, já que o circuito tem como caracteristicas curvas bastante rápidas.

Sexta-Feira dia 18 haverá duas sessões de treinos, uma de manhã e outra de tarde. A qualificação fica guardada para Sábado dia 19, enquanto que as duas mangas do Grande Prémio da Roménia será corrido no Domingo, dia 20.


Autor: Tiago Gonçalves
Data: 18 / 05 / 2007

Raça Palanca: Ricardo Teixeira em Bucareste


A F3 britânica levou a emoção das corridas ao antigo palácio Ceausescu Crédito: Tiago Gonçalves
A primeira manga do GP de Bucareste, em Formula 3 Britânica, decorreu este Sábado com o piloto angolano, Ricardo Teixeira a ter algumas dificuldades com o seu monolugar.

Nos treinos livres de Sexta-feira e nas sessões de qualificação de Sábado, Ricardo Teixeira não foi feliz devido a um problema com a afinação do chassis. Mas na primeira manga do circuito citadino de Bucareste, o F3 vermelho e negro já se mostrou mais conduzivel.

Partindo de 28.º lugar e com apenas 2 pilotos a trás, Ricardo Teixiera arrriscou tudo e deu-se bem. «Parti muito de trás, a única hipotese que eu tinha era arriscar a ultrapassagem, e em 6 voltas sem safety car ultrapassei 5 pilotos» afirmou.


Mas como as corridas de F3 só podem durar 30 minutos, o piloto apoiado pela Sonangol não conseguiu demonstrar o seu rendimento devido à entrada do safety car por três vezes durante várias voltas.

Um colega de profissão, Tiago Petiz, que corre na Fórmula Renault Eurocup, fez questão de vir à Roménia apoiar o piloto angolano. «Depois dos treinos e da qualificação, temia que o Ricardo tivesse um prestação fraca, mas ele atacou até ao fim e não ligou aos riscos e por isso foi o único piloto a ultrapassar constantemente, tendo um final de prova imprevísivel».

Este Domingo, o monolugar com as cores da bandeira de Angola voltará a partir dos lugares finais da grelha e, apesar da dificuldade que existe em ultrapassar no circuito, em redor do palácio Ceausescu, Ricardo Teixeira promete mostrar a sua raça palanca.

Autor: Tiago Gonçalves
Data: 20 / 05 / 2007

[agostinho]

Originally Posted by Matthias Offodile

Professional Angolan Paraglider/Hanglider

este justino quissua já é falecido, morreu quando iria fazer um salto ou voo como vocês queiram chamar, aconteceu no waku-kungo. após o seu voo ou salto, 30 segundos depois, o vento mudou de direcção complicando este mesmo vôo e culminando com a queda que foi mortal, num evento que poderia ser um grande espectáculo.procurem na net, voçês que conseguem postar todas as imagens e notícias,pois, já não me lembro do site que der tal informação

[Matthias Offodile]

LOL I meant CHESS PLAYER!!!

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Angolan good performing motorbiker Daniel Vidal Júnior

DANIEL VIDAR JR CRIA “ORANGE TEM” EM ANGOLA


Há duas semanas nasceu a Orange Team, equipa que inclui Daniel Vidal Júnior e o piloto de motos David Rebelo, sendo um dos mais promissores pilotos angolanos em duas rodas.

David Rebelo, um dos mais promissores pilotos angolanos em duas rodas


Assim o desafio de Daniel Vidal Júnior, é muito grande como nos começou a descrever como nasceu todo este projecto “ depois de ter feito a época passada com o Radical SR 3, que foi muito importante e positiva, fiquei a conhecer as pistas, e o comportamento do carro, agora para 2008, já adquiri um Radical SR 8 LM, que já traz as últimas especificações técnicas, sendo sem dúvida alguma um dos carros mais competitivos do plantel que correr actualmente em Angola. Sei que está para chegar outro Radical SR 8, mas é bom que assim seja, quantos mais, melhor, pois o espectáculo em pista será bem melhor”.

[skytrax]

Oh não sabia que ele faleceu. Inda o ano passado o vi no Miami beach.

[agostinho]

Originally Posted by skytrax

Oh não sabia que ele faleceu. Inda o ano passado o vi no Miami beach.

morreu há pouco tempo, digamos, 2 ou 3 meses atrás.só que já não me lembro mais do site, porque também pouco ou nada sabia sobre ele e não dei tanta importância assim ao assunto.procure algo sobre ele no google ou em algúns dos nossos sites de certeza que encontrarás algo

[skytrax]

OK

[Barragon]

O Kali e Marco Airosa jogaram no Barreirense

[Matthias Offodile]

este justino quissua já é falecido, morreu quando iria fazer um salto ou voo como vocês queiram chamar, aconteceu no waku-kungo. após o seu voo ou salto, 30 segundos depois, o vento mudou de direcção complicando este mesmo vôo e culminando com a queda que foi mortal, num evento que poderia ser um grande espectáculo.procurem na net, voçês que conseguem postar todas as imagens e notícias,pois, já não me lembro do site que der tal informação

agostinho What a pity, he was still so young and had a whole life before him! That´s so unfair

If you have more information about him, please place it here.

And skytrax you know more about Angolan sports than me, so please help to add some information, please!

I tried to keep it as broad as possible, covering football, basketball, motorbikes, car racing and swimming.

What about martial arts? Sailing? etc?

[agostinho]

Originally Posted by Matthias Offodile

agostinho What a pity, he was still so young and had a whole life before him! That´s so unfair

If you have more information about him, please place it here.

And skytrax you know more about Angolan sports than me, so please help to add some information, please!

I tried to keep it as broad as possible, covering football, basketball, motorbikes, car racing and swimming.

What about martial arts? Sailing? etc?

dear matthias , i don't know how to place either photos or news to this forum, i have to learn how to do this, that is why i haven't posted anything yet.but , i can garantee you that if you go to google and type his name, you'll be able to know more about him, despite his death.

[Matthias Offodile]

dear matthias , i don't know how to place either photos or news to this forum, i have to learn how to do this, that is why i haven't posted anything yet.but , i can garantee you that if you go to google and type his name, you'll be able to know more about him, despite his death.

You should use JPG, or BMP ideally. PNG files are supported to.


Do I have to work with copy-paste function?.

1.) I clicked on the image that I found when it shows "copy grahic"

2.) Then I copied the link into the bracket below the indication "url"

look like this: http://www.imageshack.us/transload.php

3.) Then I just pressed the button "host it".

So in short:

You should save the pictures to your hard drive-remember where (what folder, etc, ) you saved them. Then go to imageshack, click 'browse" find the picture, select it, and then click "host it".
The best way to do it and make sure it works-upload it straight from your computer. The key is to remember where you save all your pictures.

To place the info/pic here, use this button...

hope it is showing up

Hope that I have been of help, looking forward to your contribution!

[Barragon]

Agostinho tens dificuldades em meter notícias aqui ? é só copiares do site.

Quanto às fotos terás que meter o ficheiro num domínio na internet tal como o www.photobucket.com ou www.imageshack.com

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Angola´s Orange Team : Angolan professional national motorace bikers

Marcia Vargem

Daniel Vidal Jr

Em 2007 Adquiri à Radical Portugal um SR3 , sentei-me nele pela primeira vez no autódromo do Estoril, poucos dias antes de ser colocado no avião, onde realizei apenas 3 voltas ao volante do mesmo, com instruções de Fernando Araujo e de Gonçalo Araujo, que inclusive conduziu ele a primeira volta.
Como dá para ver, tirando sucessivos azares a adaptação foi rápida, do mesmo modo em relação ao SR8 LM que chegou cá a Luanda há poucas semanas, com a caixa automática no volante a funcionar lindamente e pela primeira vez, carro que só testei pela primeira vez em Luanda !!
Temos pela frente uma série de provas, vamos aguardar!!.

David Rebelo

David Samuel Rebelo, nascido a 27/09/83, Angolano. Sempre tive paixões por motas, desde 2005 que comprei a minha primeira mota de corridas uma Yamaha R6, na qual por iniciativa dum amigo meu (Ricardo Ximenes), comecei a participar em algumas corridas no autódromo de Luanda, visto ter gostado, optei por falar com Daniel Vidal e decidimos formar um Team (Orange Team), para fazer o campeonato 2008 e alcançar bons resultados. Só nos resta aguardar pelos resultados.

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Angola´s National Male Handball Team

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Hmmh, where are all the Angolans? Not interested in contributing!?

Anyway, here is some more good news. An Angolan has won silver in Paraolympic Games in Beijing


Paralimpicos:José Sayovo conquista medalha de prata nos Jogos de Pequim

Pequim, 10/09/2008





O triplo recordista paralímpico José Sayovo Armando conquistou hoje, em Pequim, a primeira medalha de prata para o país, ao ocupar a segunda posição na corrida dos 100 metros, para deficientes com cegueira (classe t11), nos Jogos que decorrem na China.

Na prova, a estrela do atletismo angolano e mundial, não foi capaz de defender o título da especialidade, tendo sido superado pelo brasileiro Lucas Prado, que ficou na primeira posição (medalha de ouro).

O atleta, que ainda compete nos 200 e 400 metros, é detentor de três medalhas de ouro conquistadas na Grécia (“Atenas2004”), cifrado em 11.37.

A corrida foi estreia de Angola nos Jogos Paralímpicos que aquele país asiático organiza desde o último dia seis. Tido como “tomba gigante”, a estrela mundial do atletismo adaptado é acompanhada pelos compatriotas Francisco Miguel e Octávio dos Santos, dois atletas que vão evoluir pela primeira vez num evento do género.

Na equipa nacional, obviamente, Sayovo é a grande atracção na pista do estádio Olímpico Ninho do Pássaro, adaptado para a competição paralímpica após o fim dos Jogos Olímpicos terminados recentemente.

O grande adversário, para o actual velocista mais rápido do mundo, é o brasileiro Lucas Prado, um atleta que já demonstrou valor no campeonato do mundo para deficientes visuais decorrido este ano no Brasil, em que superou José Sayovo nos 100 e 200 metros.

Na altura, o angolano não estava no seu melhor momento de forma desportiva, mais ainda assim, cortou a meta a milésimas de distância relativamente ao primeiro classificado, portanto, hoje os dois atletas começaram uma etapa onde ficará provado quem de facto é melhor.

Quanto aos angolanos, deposita-se igualmente esperanças em Francisco Miguel, velocista que ao longo dos últimos dois anos ombrea com José Sayovo e algumas vezes tem mesmo levado a melhor, sem desprimor para Octávio dos Santos que normalmente faz boas marcas.

Ainda hoje entram em campo por parte de Angola Joaquim Manuel e Evalina Alexandre para as preliminares dos 100 metros para deficientes com cegueira parcial (classe t12), enquanto o capitão da selecção Domingos Sebastião “Pick” vai evoluir igualmente nos 100 metros, mas para deficientes motor (amputado de um dos membros superior).

Angola participa pela quarta vez consecutiva em Jogos Paralímpicos. Depois da sua estreia em 1996 em Atlanta, Estados Unidos da América, esteve presente nas edições de Sidney2000 e Atenas2004.

FonteC) Correio Digital