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    Nijel Carlos Amilfitano Amos (born 15 March 1994) is a Botswana middle-distance runner who competes in the 800 metres. He won the silver medal at the 2012...
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    He continued to pull away until the final straight, where second place Nijel Amos was able to slightly gain some ground as Rudisha strained. But the gap...
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    Olympics. Botswana won its inaugural medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics with Nijel Amos getting a silver in the 800m. The men's 4 × 400 relay team won a bronze...
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  • metres title, and the 11th to win two medals of any kind in the event. Nijel Amos' silver medal was the first Olympic medal ever for Botswana. Timothy Kitum...
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     Jarmila Kratochvílová (TCH) 1:54.68 (1983) World junior (U20) records Men  Nijel Amos (BOT) 1:41.73 (2012) Women  Pamela Jelimo (KEN) 1:54.01 (2008)...
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  • World Junior Championships in Athletics in Barcelona, finishing second to Nijel Amos, before going on to win the bronze medal in the men's 800m race at the...
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    (2/2)  Mohammed Aman (ETH) (1/2)  Mohammed Aman (ETH) (2/2)  Nijel Amos (BOT) (1/3)  Nijel Amos (BOT) (2/3)  Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich (KEN) 1500 metres  Asbel...
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    In July 2022, the 2012 800 m Olympic silver medalist from Botswana, Nijel Amos tested positive for GW501516 and was provisionally suspended just days...
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    2020, with his teammate Bryce Hoppel number two. 2012 silver medalist Nijel Amos had the world leading time while beating Emmanuel Korir in Monaco. World...
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    Botswana left London with its first ever Olympic medal, when track runner Nijel Amos finished second in the men's 800 metres. Three track and field athletes...
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  • Record Athlete & Nationality Mark Location Date World U20 Record  Nijel Amos (BOT) 1:41.73 London, United Kingdom 9 August 2012 Championship Record  Emmanuel...
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    championships. Botswana won the country's first Olympic medal in 2012 when runner Nijel Amos won silver in the 800 metres. In 2011, Amantle Montsho became world champion...
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    Olympic gold medalist Jakob Ingebrigtsen, as well as the unexpected fall of Nijel Amos in the men's 800 m. The final day was noted for Catriona Bisset's Australian...
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    Rudisha (KEN) 2012: Taoufik Makhloufi (ALG) 2014: Nijel Amos (BOT) 2016: Nijel Amos (BOT) 2018: Nijel Amos (BOT) 2022: Slimane Moula (ALG) 2024: Ngeno Kipngetich...
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    David Rudisha placed first in the world record time of 1:40.91, with Nijel Amos of Botswana second, Timothy Kitum of Kenya third, and Symmonds' teammate...
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  • Sebastian Rodger  Great Britain 10 September 2016 Newcastle 5 Road 59.26 Nijel Amos  Botswana 9 September 2017 Newcastle 6 Road 59.30 Jack Green  Great Britain...
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  • October 2017. Beaumont, Mark (4 February 2014). "Queen's Baton Relay: Nijel Amos, building on Olympic success". BBC News. Archived from the original on...
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    Mulaudzi (RSA) 2006:  Alex Kipchirchir (KEN) 2010:  Boaz Kiplagat Lalang (KEN) 2014:  Nijel Amos (BOT) 2018:  Wyclife Kinyamal (KEN) 2022:  Wyclife Kinyamal (KEN)...
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    selection. At the 2018 Commonwealth Games he defeated defending champion Nijel Amos in the final to become the Commonwealth champion. This was Kenya's first...
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    2024, his time still stands as the UK record and puts him in a tie with Nijel Amos for the eighth fastest man ever at the distance (Only bettered by David...
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  • m 110 m h 400 m h 3000 m st 1 Doha -  Ramil Guliyev (TUR) 19.99 SB -  Nijel Amos (BOT) 1:44.29 WL  Elijah Manangoi (KEN) 3:32.21 WL - - -  Soufiane El...
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  • and Tobago 44.52 800 metres details David Rudisha  Kenya 1:40.91 (WR) Nijel Amos  Botswana 1:41.73 Timothy Kitum  Kenya 1:42.53 1500 metres details Taoufik...
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    works of Nijel Amos winning a silver medal in the men's 800 m race, the first Olympic medal for his country. At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Amos won the...
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  •  Gold Tiki Gelana 2012 London Athletics Women's marathon (OR)  Silver Nijel Amos 2012 London Athletics Men's 800 metres  Silver Dejen Gebremeskel 2012...
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  • International Athletics Meeting La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland 500 m (road) 59.26 Nijel Amos 9 September 2017 Great City Games Newcastle, Great Britain 600 m 1:14...
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     Sudan Alfred Kirwa Yego  Kenya 2012 London details David Rudisha  Kenya Nijel Amos  Botswana Timothy Kitum  Kenya 2016 Rio de Janeiro details David Rudisha...
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    Paxinos Flagbearer for  Botswana London 2012 Succeeded by Nijel Amos Preceded by Nijel Amos Flagbearer for  Botswana Tokyo 2020 with Rajab Mahommed Succeeded by...
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  • Winter Championships Algiers, Algeria 18 years, 264 days 800 m 1:41.73 Nijel Amos  Botswana 9 August 2012 Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 18 years...
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  • Diamond League. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-07-10. Rowbottom, Mike (2015-07-09). Amos gets one up on Rudisha again in Lausanne – IAAF Diamond League. IAAF. Retrieved...
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    men from 2012, gold medalist David Rudisha of Kenya and silver medalist Nijel Amos of Botswana, returned along with sixth-place finisher Mohammed Aman of...
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