Day: September 3, 2024

T11 female Paralympic sprinter Lahja Ishitile and her guide Sem Shimanda on Monday missed out on a spot in the final of the T11 100m race at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games . Ishitle was the only Namibian athlete to compete on day four of the track and field events at the Stade de France in Paris . The Namibian sprinter reached the semi – final of the 100m racr on Monday after finishing second in heat one with an African record time of 12 . 12 seconds . In the semi – final , the Namibian sprinter once again finished second behind Brazil ‘ s Lorena Spoladore Silva and her guide , Renato Ben Hur Oliveira Costa , who won heat one with a season ‘ s best time of 12 . 07 seconds . In the T11 100m event , heat two produced the best time , and saw three athletes advancing to the final , which will be held Tuesday evening . Brazilian sprinter Jerusa dos Santos Geber and her guide , Gabriel Garcia dos Santos , set a world record with the fastest time of 11 . 80 seconds followed by Cuiqing Liu of China and her guide Sh
engming Chen in second place with a time of 12 . 06 seconds . Like Ishitile , Venezuela ‘ s Linda Patricia Perez Lopez and her guide Alvaro Luis Herrera Cassiani also clocked 12 . 19 seconds , but progressed to the next round by milliseconds . Day five of the championships will see Petrus Karuli competing in the T37 400m heats at 11h23 Namibian time . Team Namibia has won a gold medal at the championships through T11 female sprinter Ishitile and her guide Shimanda . At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games , Team Namibia returned with two medals – one silver and one bronze won by Ananias Shikongo and Johannes Nambala , respectively .

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Paralympic sprinter Petrus Karuli on Tuesday missed out on a spot in the final of the men ‘ s T37 400m race after being disqualified for line infringement at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games . On day five of the athletics events , Karuli , who is making his debut at the Paralympic Games , competed in his second event at the championships . The Namibian athlete made his maiden appearance in the 100m sprints on the first day of the track and field events on Friday last week at the Stade de France in Paris and did not advance out of the 100m heats . On Tuesday morning , he struggled in the 400m heats , finishing last in heat two , for which he was disqualified for a lane infringement . Tunisia ‘ s 19 – year – old sprinter , Amen Allah Tissaoui , won the heat with a time of 52 . 34 seconds , marking the fastest time from both heats held on the day . Karuli is expected to compete in the 200m heats later in the competition . Other Namibian athletes expected to compete include T11 sprinter Ananias Shikongo and his g
uide , Even Tjiuiju , as well as Chris Kinda and his guide , Kelvin Goagoseb , who will compete in the 100m heats on Wednesday at 10h12 Namibian time . Team Namibia has won a gold medal at the championships through T11 female sprinter Lahja Ishitile and her guide Sem Shimanda . At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games , Team Namibia returned with two medals – one silver and one bronze won by Ananias Shikongo and Johannes Nambala , respectively .

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The Brave Warriors will travel to Cameroon for the African Cup of Nations qualifier against the Indomitable Lions without striker Erastus Kululan and midfielder Romeo Kasume . The two players , who currently play in Kosovo ‘ s second – tier league with Liria Prizren , are unable to fly from Kosovo owing to visa restrictions , the Namibia Football Association ( NFA ) stated on Tuesday . They were initially part of coach Collin Benjamin ‘ s 24 – man squad , who will travel to Cameroon and South Africa to face Kenya on 10 September 2024 at the Orlando Stadium . Benjamin announced that Punaije Katjimune and Lawrence Doeseb had taken their positions . ‘ It ‘ s a huge blow to the team but we equally believe in all the players and what they bring to the team . Kulula and Kasume had an impressive year with the team thus far , they both featured in the World Cup qualifiers in June and did well for first – timers at a big stage . They also went on to play in the Cosafa tournament ,’ said Benjamin . He noted that Katji
mune and Doeseb are young and eager to play , which is exactly what the squad needs . Benjamin ‘ s squad travelled to South Africa on Sunday to prepare before departing for Cameroon on Wednesday . The team will return to South Africa to play their second group match against Kenya on Tuesday ( 10 September ) at the Orlando Stadium . The top two finishers will advance to the tournament , to be held in Morocco from 21 December 2025 to 18 January 2026 . Namibia has been placed in Group J of the qualifiers , alongside Cameroon , Kenya , and Zimbabwe . Despite the absence of the Kosovo – based talisman , Benjamin ‘ s roster is still full of bold players , such as Orlando Pirates left – back Deon Hotto Kavendjii and Bethuel Muzeu , who will boost the team ‘ s morale . Despite not having enough playing time in South Africa , versatile goalkeeper Lloyed Kazapua has been deployed between the sticks with Edward Maova and Kamaijanda Ndisiro . The defence consists of Erasmus Ikeinge , Kennedy Amutenya , Charles Hambira ,
Ivan Kamberipa , Arend Abubakar , Tuli Nashixua , Rian Hanamub , and Ngero Katua . Aprosius Petrus , Prins Tjiuza , Deon Hotto , Tjipee Karuuombe , Fares Haindula , Moses Shidolo , Lawrence Doeseb , Paulus Amutenya , and Edmar Kamatuka will play in the midfield . Benjamin has enlisted the services of Bethuel Muzeu , David Ndeunyema , and Punaije Katjimune as strikers

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The 21 Brigade B women ‘ s football team from Rundu on Monday won first place during the fourth edition of the Kavango Supercup Festival , which started at the Rundu Sport Stadium last Thursday . Regarded as one of the fastest – growing sporting events in the region , the Kavango Super Cup Festival is an annual event that showcases multiple sport disciplines . It ends on Sunday . Public Relations and Communications Officer for the competition , Rosvitha Ghunonga told Nampa on Tuesday that there has been a notable increase in team registrations and football , netball , and volleyball are among the festival ‘ s main attractions . Ghunonga said the festival takes place in different phases over two weekends , and kicked off with netball and women ‘ s football on the first day . This was followed by a gospel concert on 31 August . Volleyball and men ‘ s football are set to be held from 06 to 08 September 2024 , when the tournament concludes . All matches will be hosted at the Rundu Sport Stadium . Ghunonga said t
he 21 Brigade B team received a trophy , 25 medals , new kits and N . dollars 15 000 for coming in first place . African Stars Queens who came in second place won a cash prize of N . dollars 10 000 , received new kits and 25 medals . Third place went to 21 Brigade A who won 25 medals and a cash prize of N . dollars 8 000 . In the netball category , UNAM B from Rundu won first place while Ogongo came in second and Cuca Tops in third place . The winning prizes for first , second and third place are the same as the women ‘ s football prizes . Meanwhile Ghunonga said the competition is also considering adding tennis later this year when they will be hosting a marathon and music festival .

Source:The Namibia News Agency