Youth games a stepping stone

Namibia's 28 medal haul at the just-ended Africa Youth Games in Algeria will be used as stepping stone for the 2022 games. The third Africa Youth Games took place from 18 to 28 July and Namibia competed in athletics, swimming, archery, boxing, cycling, equestrian sports, gymnastics, karate, table tennis, tennis, archery, cycling, hockey (girls and boys), rugby, triathlon and wrestling.Egypt registered the best performance overall, with a total of 199 medals - 101 gold, 55 silver and 43 bronze medals. Algeria ended second with 226 medals (71 gold, 72 silver and 83 bronze), while Tunisia came third with 136 medals (36 gold, 46 silver and 54 bronze). Morocco came fourth overall with 106 medals overall (29 gold, 37 silver and 40 bronze); Nigeria came fifth with 103 medals (29 gold, 32 silver and 42 bronze) and South Africa finished in sixth position with 33 medals (15 gold, 13 silver and five bronze). Ethiopia followed in seventh position with 25 medals (11 gold, eight silver, six bronze), while Mauritius came eighth with 31 medals (eight gold, nine silver and 14 bronze).Attached is the full list of medals won by Namibia with the names of the athletes: Athletics (pole vaulting) Ludwig Huber (bronze) Archery (cadet men and women recurve) Quinn Reddig (individual gold) and Quinn Reddig and Adriaan Grobler (team silver) Mountain biking: Alex Miller (gold) Gymnastics - artistic: floor and vault: Emill Pitt (silver and gold); trampoline: Lance Potgieter (silver), tumbling: Thalia Loveira (bronze), trampoline and tumble: Carané van Zyl (both gold). Boys team (trampoline) Lance Potgieter, Kamas Nechville en Zacheo van Vuuren (bronze). Girls team (trampoline and tumbling) Thalia Loveira and Carané van Zyl (both bronze) Hockey - Girls team: Kiana Cormack, Sonnet Crous, Jahntwa Kruger, Danja Meyer, Tara Myburgh, Kaela Schimming, Carien Rooyen, Joane van Rooyen en Celé Wessels (silver) Karate: Myvonne Swart (bronze) Horse showjumping - (individual competition): Jessica Kreiner (silver) Sevens rugby: Bernhardt Wessels, William Otto, Sarel Louw, Jeandré Loubser, Lianzo Cupido, Le Roux Booysen, !Gonteb Donell, Romario Janga, Erik Strauss, Lyle Beukes, Donavan Resandt en Aston Mukwiilongo (silver)Wrestling - Asino Festus (45kg bronze) and Jastice Saaiman (55kg bronze) Swimming: Heleni Stergiades (4x bronze) in 100m freestyle, 200m individual medley, 100m and 200m backstroke. Ronan Wantenaar (bronze and silver): 200m breaststroke and 100m breaststroke.The African Youth Games is an international multisport event held every four years to complement the All-Africa Games. The first games took place in Rabat, Morocco in 2010.The second youth games took place in Gaborone, Botswana from 22 to 31 May 2014.Namibia finished 10th out of 42 countries in 2014, while bagging 25 medals - four gold, 11 silver and 10 bronze.The African Youth Games targets the 14 to 18 age group, and contributes to the development of African sport, while nurturing Olympic values. It is also seen as a trial run for the Olympic Games.It also acts as qualifiers for a number of disciplines in the Youth Olympics, which will be held later this year in Argentina. So far Namibia's hockey and archery have qualified for the Youth Olympics.The next games in 2022 will be held in Maseru, Lesotho under the slogan 'One Voice: One Africa: Sport Speaks'. LIMBA MUPETAMI

Youth games a stepping stone

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