NAIROBI Cheap Air Max 90 Online , Sept. 11(Xinhua) -- In a season where he has fulfilled his immense potential as a junior by collecting the World Indoors, Commonwealth Games, African and Diamond League titles, Caleb Ndiku Mwangangi of Kenya is aiming to sign off in resounding fashion at the IAAF Continental Championships this weekend in Morocco.
The 21-year-old, who has added glitz not normally associated with talented distance runners from the East African nation, will be competing for Africa in the event that pits continents against each other.
The World Cross junior 8km and World Juniors 1500m gold medallist from 2010 has more than compensated for his three-year absence from the senior Kenyan team this year by collecting the 3000m World Indoor and 5000m crowns at both the Commonwealth and African championships to make him rank favourite in the Marrakech Continental showdown.
"This year I have been so successful due to my training. Everything was excellent and I had no problem Cheap Air Max Online , no injuries and that's why I have done so well," Mwangangi said.
"I believe in myself, and am different from other Kenyan athletes. They are always calm but I'm not so. I always want to do something on the track to remind them that I'm out there," he explained his explosion in 2014 that has captivated the globe.
To complete the picture, Mwangangi has emerged as a model modern athlete with colorful antics on the track and a huge presence on social media that has earned him a huge following home and abroad.
During the Poland World Indoors in March, he turned up for the semifinals of his 3000m spotting a woolly hat and after winning the race Cheap Nike Air Max TN Outlet , returned for the final with his hair dyed red where a swift turn of pace over the last 500m carried him to the title in 7:54.94.
"Red means danger and I used it as a warning to all my competitors that I was coming to win," he explained the flamboyant hair-do.
At the summer Glasgow Commonwealth Games, Mwangangi dyed his hair gold ahead of the 5000m final and the bold announcement of intent was rewarded when he out-kicked compatriot and rival, Isaiah Kiplangat Koech, to clinch gold in 13:12.07.
"Yes, the gold was mine. That is why my hair was in the color. I am very happy after winning this gold. It was a technical race and I knew that I was very strong in the last kick and would not waste my energy. So I waited to for them to expend energy before sprinting away Cheap Nike Air Max 95 Outlet ,"he told.
In his moment of triumph, he ensured the cameras stayed trained on him when he broke into a riveting dance that lifted the chill out of Hamden Park in Glasgow. But, as he explained, it was not a celebratory routine but rather a tribute.
"That dance was a tribute to my late friend Peter Matheka who passed away. He was a good friend of mine and I did that for him," he added in reference to the former Youth Olympics Games champion who passed on in a road accident just over two months ago.
A week later, he was in Marrakech for the African showpiece and he claimed his second title in a week winning in 13:34.27 with Koech again coming in second as he secured his place in the African team for the Continental Cup at the same Moroccan resort city.
A personal best in 5000m (12:59.17) on Aug. 27 followed and in the first leg of the Diamond league final in Brussels Cheap Nike Air Max 90 Outlet , Mwangangi sprinted to victory to win the Diamond Race trophy for the first time to leave the Continental assault the last piece in completing a five-star jigsaw.
BEIJING, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- What can a two-dimensional barcode, or QR code, be used for in China? The answers are varied, from mobile payment to unlocking shared bikes or adding friends on messaging apps. But apart from making everyday life more convenient, there is one unexpected and creative use -- helping the country's battle to alleviate poverty.
In Shiban Village Cheap Nike Air Max Outlet , southwest China's Guizhou Province, every impoverished family was given a code, including Chen Dingming's family.
While traditional means of gathering information about those living under the poverty line can be difficult and inhibit the adoption of targeted relief measures, the new technology provides an easier solution. With one scan, the status of the Chen family is shown: a meager annual income of 2,600 yuan (nearly 400 U.S. dollars) Cheap Air Max TN Outlet , 50 square meters of living space and one child with cerebral palsy.
The QR code also stores information about each household's farm produce, which can be shared on the internet and reach buyers all over the country.
Thanks to the system, the value of the region's specialty products sold online currently amounts to 200,000 yuan, not a large sum of money but a good start for residents who have struggled under the poverty line for years.
Rural areas that used to be isolated due to poor transportation infrastructure are now forging ever closer ties with markets in other parts of the country, taking advantage of the booming e-commerce sector.
On the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) website Cheap Air Max 95 Outlet , a digital map of China shows impoverished rural areas and provides links to online stores backed by local governments. From Tibetan dried beef to pickled cabbage from northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, a variety of agricultural products from 221 impoverished counties are now available.
Fifteen e-commerce businesses, including Taobao and JD, are offering services for these rural stores, with marketing support and lower or no fees.
The MOC plans for the program to cover all national-level impoverished counties suitable for developing e-commerce by 2019.
The official program is not the only way for poor regions to take part in e-commerce. Internet firms are scrambling to increase their presence in the countryside, pouring money into improving logistics Cheap Air Max 90 Outlet , building service centers and training farmers.
Jin Jianhang, president of Alibaba, said more than 800 national-level impoverished.
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