Vida Anim (born 7 December 1983 in

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) is a

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ian sprinter who specializes in the 100 and

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.Athlete biography: Vida Anim
beijing2008.cn, ret: 27 August 2008 Together with Mavis Akoto,

Monica Twum Monica Afia Twum (born 14 March 1978) is a female track and field sprinter from Ghana. Together with Mavis Akoto, Vida Anim and Vida Nsiah she holds the Ghanaian record in 4 x 100 metres relay with 43.19 seconds, achieved during the heats at th ...

and Vida Nsiah she holds the Ghanaian record in

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with 43.19 seconds, achieved during the heats at the

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in Sydney. Vida Anim represented

at the

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competing at the

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sprint. In her first round heat she placed second behind

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in a time of 11.47 to advance to the second round. There she improved her time to 11.32 seconds, finishing third behind

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and

Oludamola Osayomi Oludamola Bolanle ("Damola") Osayomi (born 26 June 1986 in Ilesha, Osun State) is a Nigerian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres and 200 metres. She is a four-time gold medallist at the African Championships in Athletics and won an Ol ...

. In the semi finals she was unable to qualify for the final as her time of 11.51 was only the eighth and last time of her heat, causing elimination.

Competition record

Personal bests

* 60 metres – 7.18 s (2004, indoor) *

– 11.14 s (2004) – national record.Ghanaian athletics records
*

– 22.81 s (2006) – national record is 22.80 s.

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