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From: Michael Solomon (mikesolomo@yahoo.com)
Date: Sat Feb 05 2011 - 18:48:45 EST
The Eritrean cycling team, runners, marathoners, cross country competitors, soccer players are making an impressive presentation in Africa and around the world. The cycling team took Africa by surprise when they dominated and totally decimated the decades top winners from north Africa and South Africa (the All white cycling team) in Tour De Rwanda. They also did it again in Tour de Gabon last week when they challenged the French team (that showed frustration), winning stage 4 and 6, where the Gabonese showed jubilation lifting the Eritrean cyclist after finishing first, by chanting "Africa"; it looked as though it is something they have never witnessed or imagined that an Africa team can beat a French team (not to Eritreans). Eritrea has also appeared on world stage for having some of the top runners, marathoners and cross country runners. The Eritrean soccer
team was by far the dominant team in the CECAFA competition, that the Ugandan coach was speechless.
Eritrea in the last 20 years, since that is the number most people like to use, has shown impressive result in sports among other things. It takes a lot of confidence, self determination, self esteem, patience, endurance, will......etc to compete and on top of that to win. Are all these impressive results by Eritrean youth competitors and players pure luck or evidence of what kind of youth is emerging in Eritrea. I am convinced these players are a sing of a nation in transformation.
Enjoy this video, the welcoming of the Eritrean cycling team in Bahti Meskerem, after winning the Tour de Rwanda as a team and as individual players.
copy and paste the link on your browser if you can't open it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLswPrP2oDI
Enjoy,
Mike
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