四年前,非洲选手以优异的成绩征服了汉城奥运会。如果说人们当时还感到多少有点惊讶的话,那么在今年的巴塞罗那奥运会上,非洲国家的选手,尤其是田径运动员,如果会取得更加辉煌的成就,人们将不会感到意外了。近十年来,非洲国家的体育水平突飞猛进,它们的运动员刮起的“黑旋风”,猛烈地冲击着国际体坛。 1983年,在芬兰赫尔辛基举行的首届世界田径锦标赛 Four years ago, African athletes conquered Seoul Olympics with outstanding achievements. If people were a bit surprised at the time, then no surprise would be given to this year’s Barcelona Olympics when African countries, especially track and field athletes, will make even more brilliant achievements. In the recent ten years, the sports standards of African countries have made rapid advances. The “black whirlwind” that their athletes whipped up violently hit the international sports arena. 1983, the first World Athletics Championships in Helsinki, Finland