Namibian sprinter chases T11 titles in Dubai
Shikongo at 2018 World Para Athletics Grand Prix
Namibia's three-time Paralympic gold medallist Ananias Shikongo is in Dubai taking part in the 2018 World Para Athletics Grand Prix Fazza International Athletics Competition.
The competition started yesterday and will run till 16 March. The T11 athlete will run alongside his guide, Even Tjiviju, and hopes to use the competition to prepare for the Commonwealth Games in Australia.
Coach Michael Hamukwaya said on Facebook that they always have Namibia in their hearts when they compete.
Shikongo competed in the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro. He won three medals, placing third in both the T11 100m and 400m sprints and coming first in the T11 200m.
He won the 200m with a Paralympic record time of 22.44 seconds, making him the third Namibian athlete to win a medal at a Paralympic competition.
At the Grand Prix competition he will be competing among 450 athletes from around the world.
Last year athletes smashed seven world records and with warm weather practically guaranteed, more records could fall once again at the Dubai Club for the Disabled track, with the Namibian being one of the hopefuls to do so.
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The competition started yesterday and will run till 16 March. The T11 athlete will run alongside his guide, Even Tjiviju, and hopes to use the competition to prepare for the Commonwealth Games in Australia.
Coach Michael Hamukwaya said on Facebook that they always have Namibia in their hearts when they compete.
Shikongo competed in the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro. He won three medals, placing third in both the T11 100m and 400m sprints and coming first in the T11 200m.
He won the 200m with a Paralympic record time of 22.44 seconds, making him the third Namibian athlete to win a medal at a Paralympic competition.
At the Grand Prix competition he will be competing among 450 athletes from around the world.
Last year athletes smashed seven world records and with warm weather practically guaranteed, more records could fall once again at the Dubai Club for the Disabled track, with the Namibian being one of the hopefuls to do so.
LIMBA MUPETAMI
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