South Africa's iconic marathon event resumes after two-year break

STORY: South Africa's iconic marathon event resumes after two-year break DATELINE: April 19, 2022 LENGTH: 00:04:21 LOCATION: CAPE TOWN, South Africa CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: various of the MarathonSOUNDBITE 1 (English): GERDA STEYN, Women's championSOUNDBITE 2: EDNDALE BELACHEW, Men's championvarious of atheletes getting medals STORYLINE: The Two Oceans Marathon took place on the weekend in South Africa's Cape Town after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. South Africa's Gerda Steyn won the women's race for the third consecutive time in Sunday's 56-km ultra marathon, in three hours 29 minutes and 42 seconds, while Ethiopia's Edndale Belachew became the new men's champion in three hours nine minutes and five seconds. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): GERDA STEYN, Women's champion "The race strategy was quite different from what I anticipated. I didn't think that there would be such a big group at the later stages of the race, especially off the half-way mark, let alone being dropped at one stage, while

(SP)SOUTH AFRICA-CAPE TOWN-TWO OCEANS MARATHON

(SP)SOUTH AFRICA-CAPE TOWN-TWO OCEANS MARATHON

(220418) -- CAPE TOWN, April 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Ethiopia's Edndale Belachew, men's champion of the ultra marathon of Two Oceans Marathon, breasts the tape in Cape Town, South Africa, on April 17, 2022. The two-day Two Oceans Marathon took place after a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Francisco Scarbar/Xinhua)

Chinese company donates educational supplies to Ethiopian school

STORY: Chinese company donates educational supplies to Ethiopian school DATELINE: April 11, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:41 LOCATION: Addis Ababa CATEGORY: EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. various shots of school supplies donation 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Amharic): YAKOB KIROS, Seventh grader at Kotari Primary School 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Amharic): NETSANET BELACHEW, Seventh grader at Kotari Primary School 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Amharic): ASHENAFI WONDIMU, Principal of Kotari Primary School 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): ADMASU DECHASA, Deputy head of Addis Ababa Education Bureau 6. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): GUO CHONGFENG, General manager of CCECC Ethiopian Branch STORYLINE: Chinese construction giant China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) donated various school supplies to the Kotari Primary School in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa on Saturday. The educational materials include notebooks, pencils, school bags, and ping pong tables. The company presently undertakes construction of the China-aided future headquarters of the Africa Cente