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Paralympic athletes to be rewarded for Rio performance

Paralympic athletes to be rewarded for Rio performance

Written by Hesron Kapanga on 19 October 2017.

WINDHOEK, 19 OCT (NAMPA) – The Ministry of Sports, Youth and National Service will on Friday reward athletes who brought back medals from the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Ananias Shikongo and Johannes Nambala won five medals; the most won at any Paralympic event since the Namibia National Paralympic Committee (NPC) joined the International Paralympic Committee in 1999.
Nambala won two silvers in the men’s T13 100 metre (m) and 400m, while Shikongo won a gold and two bronze medals in the ...

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