10th African Championships in Artistic Gymnastics2010
Walvis Bay (NAM), March 3 – 5, 2010

LAUSANNE (SUI), FIG Office, March 8, 2010: The 10th African Championships started off with junior and senior competitions in Artistic Gymnastics, March 3 – 5, 2010. The event is held every second year with this year’s edition taking place in Walvis Bay (NAM).

Mohamed Sherif El Saharty of Egypt (82.200) and compatriot Salma Mahmoud (50.050) won the Seniors’ Men’s and Women’s Artistic Gymnastics All-around titles respectively in Walvis Bay. In Men’s, Arfaoui Sabeur of Tunisia came in second (81.600), followed by South African Tyrone Morris (80.250). In the Women’s competition, Egyptian Farida Ahmed Shoukry joined her team-mate on the podium in second place, while Jennifer Khwela (RSA) took off with the Bronze.

The Men’s Team competition was topped by Egypt (244.900), followed by South Africa (234.850) and Algeria (234.75), while South Africa’s women prevailed (147.400) over Egypt (146.900) and host Namibia (119.100).

Medals for the Senior events including the Apparatus Finals were distributed as follows:

Men
Egypt 10 (4 Gold, 5 Silver, 1 Bronze)
Tunisia 4 (2 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze)
South Africa (1 Gold, 1 Silver, 4 Bronze)
Namibia 1 (Gold)
Algeria 3 (1 Silver, 2 Bronze)

Women
South Africa 8 (4 Gold, 2 Silver, 2 Bronze)
Egypt 7 (1 Gold, 4 Silver, 2 Bronze)
Namibia 2 (1 Gold, 1 Bronze)
Algeria 1 (Bronze)

Detailed results
Senior Men
Senior Women

Results for the Juniors’ competition can be checked here:
Junior Men*
Junior Women*
*Results for the Youth Olympic Games Qualification will be communicated at a later date.

The African Championships continue on with Rhythmic Gymnastics competitions from March 7 – 9, Aerobic Gymnastics on March 8 and Trampoline Gymnastics March 11 – 12.