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June 29, 2013  GIDAMIS SHAHANGA ni mwanariadha maarufu sana wa miaka ya 70 naa... hadi 1990 aliyeliletea Taifa letu la Tanzania heshima na rekodi isiyofutika katika rekodi sahihi za riadha nchini Tanzania na kote duniani. Gidamis ndiye mwanariadha wa kwanza hadi sasa ambaye picha yake iliwekwa katika STAMP (ya barua) ya Tanzania mnamo mwaka 1980 wakati wa utawala wa Mhasisi wa Taifa la Tanzania Hayati Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere. Gidamis Shahanga ni mwanariadha mstaafu aliyekuwa amejikita katika  mbio ndefu za mita 10,000 na mbio za Marathon. Shahanga alizaliwa Septemba 4, 1957 kaskazini mwa Tanzania yani Katesh Wilayani Hanang Manyara.  Kutoka kushoto (25) ni Zacharia Barie (Mtanzania) na katikati (26) ni GIDAMIS SHAHANGA wakimuonyesha umahiri mkenya (23) katika mbio zilizofanyika San Juan Porto Rico miaka ya 1980.  Ni vyema serikali na wadau wa michezo nchini kuwaenzi wachezaji wa zamani walioliletea Taifa letu heshima katika...

In response to the Soviet Union invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, the United States decided to boycott the 1980 Olympics in Moscow. President Jimmy Carter decided to have Muhammad Ali go on a five nation tour to convince African leaders to also boycott the Olympics. Ali was against the Soviet Union’s actions in Afghanistan and he was a popular figure in Africa, so for Carter this move seemed pretty logical. The five nations that Ali would visit were Tanzania, Kenya, Nigeria, Liberia, and Senegal. The United States government was at the time more concerned about this invasion that they were with the apartheid regime in South Africa. The general consensus on this decision seems to be that this was a bad diplomatic move on Carter’s part. Some officials in Tanzania questioned why Muhammad Ali was sent on a diplomatic mission and one questioned if the United States would have sent Chris Evert to London to talk with the British. It also didn’t help matters that Ali was poo...

Katesh is the capital city of Hanang District of Manyara Region, mt Hanang is the 3rd tallest mountain in Tanzania after mt Meru and mt Kilimanjaro. Hanang District is home to most famous athletes who have represented Tanzania well, led by the legendary  Gidamis Shahanga (Commonwealth Games gold medalist in the marathon 1978 in Edmonton Canada, again won a gold medal in 10,000m in Brisbane Australia in 1982). Gidamis Shahanga become an inspiration to hundreds of young athletes and was seen as an icon and a celebrity both in Manyara Region and Tanzania as a whole. Born in Jarodom Vilage Shahanga is the first born in the family of Sumni Gituru Shahanga, his younger brother (Alfredo Gidabit Shahanga) took up the sports as well. Gidamis Shahanga's success later produced a pair of world class runners who carried the flag of Tanzania across the world during the 1980s and late 1990s. The late Simon Robert Naali born in Mogitu Village won the bronze medal in 1990 Commonwealth...

Any race between the two would probably be over 600m Two of the biggest names in world sport could go head-to-head after Bolt said he was prepared to face the Briton over 600m. One is the world's fastest man, the other is one of Britain's most successful athletes, and they could be going head-to-head in a race for charity. Speaking to Sky, UK athletics star Mo Farah challenged Jamaican Usain Bolt to run over a distance of between 600 metres and 800 metres. Farah, 30, is more used to competing over 5,000m and 10,000m, while Bolt specialises in the 100m and 200m. They won their respective events at last year's Olympics and struck up a special connection during the London Games. So the charity race, if it happens, would be over an intermediate distance, raising money for their own foundations. Farah, who is also in form in middle distance running as he recently broke the British 1,500m record, said: ...