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Helalia Johannes’ bronze medal in the women marathon has ensured that Namibia was among medal winners at the global athletics events. Namibia was represented by two athletes, with Thomas Rainhold ending a respectable 17th in the men’s marathon. The athletes were accompanied by coach Robert Kaxuxuena, who coaches the two athletes. Athletics Namibia extends its congratulations to the team.

Athletics Namibia facilitated an Athletics Namibia Basic Coaching Course for private primary schools in Windhoek on the 27 September 2019. Eleven teachers from private primary schools in Windhoek were taken through the course by Mr Gottfried Tsowaseb and Ms Barbara Fernandez. The course focused on Kid’s Athletics and Throws. The training took place at the Christ Love Primary School in Dorado.

Beatrice Masilingi, the youth and upcoming athlete provided star performances at the fourth and final leg of the Coca Cola Regional Club Challenge, in Windhoek on Saturday 18 May 2019. She caused upsets in the 400m and 100m women, when she beat Tjipekapora Herunga and Jolene Jacobs, who are national champions in the respective events. Beatrice best performance came in the 400m, where she posted a time of 52.33 seconds,

All athletics roads lead to the Independence Stadium in Olympia this weekend as athletes try to get a ranking in the top 10 and share in the grand price of N$50 000. The competition is the last opportunity for athletes get ranked in the top 10. Currently, seven athletes have posted performance that achieved the minimum IAAF scores of 1000 or better. The rankings are topped by Ernst Narib with

The MTC Dr Sam Nujoma National Half Marathon took place in Windhoek this morning. Helalia Johannes and Jeremia Shaliaxwe were crowned women and men National Half Marathon Champions this morning at the 2019 National Half Marathon Championships in Windhoek this morning. Helalia won the women’s race in a time of 01:17:51.40, while Jeremia won the men’s race in a time of 01:09:45.29. The full results are available at: https://www.athletics-namibia.com.na/?page_id=1204

The online registration for the MTC-Dr Sam Nujoma National Half Marathon has closed and all is set for Sunday morning. Heavy weights in Namibia’s road running are expected to take part including the Queen of road running Helalia Johannes. Those that were not able to make the online registration will have the opportunity to register during supplementary registration on Saturday, 11 May 2019 at the Dr Agustino Neto Square, Ausspannplats.