The 2009

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were held in Bambous,

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from 30 July to 2 August. There were 40 events in total, of which 20 were contested by male athletes and 20 by female athletes. Multiple gold medallists

Caster Semenya Mokgadi Caster Semenya OIB (born 7 January 1991) is a South African middle-distance runner and winner of two Olympic gold medals and three World Championships in the women's 800 metres. She first won gold at the World Championships in 2009 ...

and Amaka Ogoegbunam broke championships records, but also created controversy at the

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later that year. Semenya was asked to take a

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and Ogoegbunam tested positive for

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.Berlin 2009 - Nigerian fails drugs test

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(2009-08-21). Retrieved on 2009-09-25
Archived
2009-09-27.

Records

Medal summary

Men

Women

Medal table

References

;General *Ouma, Mark (2009-07-30)
Ndiku and Cherono prevail - African junior champs, Day 1

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. Retrieved on 2016-07-30. *Ouma, Mark (2009-07-31)
South African teen Semenya stuns with 1:56.72 800m World lead in Bambous - African junior champs, Day 2

. Retrieved on 2016-07-30. *Ouma, Mark (2009-08-01)
More championship record fall in Bambous - African junior champs, Day 3

. Retrieved on 2016-07-30. *Ouma, Mark (2009-07-30)
Back-to-back double for Ogoegbunam in Bambous - African junior champs, Day 4

. Retrieved on 2016-07-30.
2009 Africa Junior Athletics Championships – Full results

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(2009-08-02). Retrieved on 2009-09-30. ;Specific

External links

African Athletics articles
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