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Shikongo wins silver at IPC World Athletics Championships

Shikongo wins silver at IPC World Athletics Championships

Written by Hesron Kapanga on 16 July 2017.

By Hesron Kapanga
LONDON, 16 JUL (NAMPA) – Paralympic sprinter Ananias Shikongo and his guide Even Tjiviju won the first medal for Namibia at the 2017 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) World Athletics Championships Saturday night.
The championships are underway at the London Stadium.
They won silver in the men’s T11, 100 metre (m) after finishing second behind world champion David Brown of the United States of America and his guide Jerome Avery, who finished the race in a time of 11.20 seconds.
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