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Initially, Malawi was scheduled to host the first The results mean team Malawi broke a
edition of the games, but due to some challenges
the country could not and managed to host the
inaugural edition of the AUSC Region 5 under 20
youth games in Lilongwe. It was only last year
when facilities for hosting the games were.
Sporting codes that feature at the games include
Athletics (main stream and Visually Impaired)
Basketball, Boxing, Football, Gymnastics, Judo,
Taekwondo, Netball, Volleyball, Swimming and
Tennis.
During the 10th edition of the games which begun
on December 2, 20200 and concluded on
December 11, 2022 in Lilongwe, team Malawi
managed to claim 37 medals (2 gold, 10 silver and
25 bronze).
TEAM MALAWI’S PREPARATIONS
FOR THE GAMES
ISSUE NO: 2
record it set in Maseru, Lesotho in 2021
where the team managed to win 29 medals.
The sporting codes that managed to win
medals for team Malawi include Taekwondo
(11), Boxing (4), Athletics (11), Judo (3),
E-sports (2), Football (2), Volleyball (1) and
Basketball (3).
Team Malawi conducted three
camps in preparation for the
Lilongwe 2022 AUSC Region 5
youth games. The first camping, which
was to select athletes in all categories took
place from Sunday June 5 to Friday June 17,
2022 in Blantyre where 400 athletes in
di erent sporting codes participated and
after the two weeks 293 athletes were
selected.
The second camping was from September
18 to October 2 in Lilongwe with 305
athletes from di erent sporting disciplines
competing for selection.
12 women footballers who did not partici-
pate in the first camp were added to the
initial 293 athletes who were identified from
the initial camp in Blantyre. The third and
final camping took place in Blantyre from
Monday 14 November 14 2020 before
team Malawi left the actual games in Lilon-
gwe. Team Malawi left for Lilongwe for the
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