Down Memory Lane: When Michael Ezra’s Track Board took Uganda’s athletics crisis to IAAF

AAF officials, Kasajja noted, were stunned that by mid-August 2003, Uganda had still not finalised entries for the Paris World Championships (August 23–31, 2003), a deadline that had already passed the previous month.

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Isaac Kachembe (R) takes an early lead in the mens 4km race during the final round of the Ezra Cross-Country Championship series at Garuga, Feb 14 2004. Francis Musani won it. File photo
By Vision Reporter
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In the heat of Uganda’s athletics crisis two decades ago, the Ezra Track Team Board (ETTB) escalated matters to the very top, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).

 

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