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What are the African track and field powers?

In track and field, black athletes are extremely talented. World track and field championships have appeared in all countries in the East and the West, with the largest personnel reserve and national potential. These include Ethiopia, Morocco, Kenya and other African track and field powers. Ethiopia: Since/kloc-0 participated in the Olympic Games for the first time in 956, it has won 14 gold medal, 5 silver medals and 12 bronze medals. All the medals were won in middle and long distance running events, mainly in marathon, 10000m, 5000m and 3000m steeplechase. Kenya: Since the 1960s, Kenya has sprung up in the international track and field arena. In 2007, he won five gold medals, four silver medals and five bronze medals at the World Athletics Championships held in Osaka, Japan, becoming a world track and field power after the United States at that time.

Morocco: Judging from the achievements of participating in previous Olympic Games, Morocco's medal winning events mainly focused on middle and long-distance running and boxing, while the country won 6 gold medals, 4 silver medals and 6 bronze medals in track and field events, that is, all the gold medals in Olympic history came from middle and long-distance running events.