Athletes must be set for life when they retire: Botha

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2024-08-15

WINDHOEK, 04 January 2022 - Namibia’s coach of the year, Henk Botha, pictured during the 2022 Quinton-Steele Botes Athletics Training camp at the Wanderers Sports Field in Pionierspark. (Photo by: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 15 AUG (NAMPA) – Henk Botha, the coach of Namibia’s 200-metre Olympic silver medallist Christine Mboma, believes it is time for the Namibian nation to acknowledge their sporting heroes with financial incentives.
He made these remarks during an interview with a local radio station while discussing the recently concluded 2024 Paris Olympics.
Botha noted that Namibia has athletes who have represented the country at the Olympics more than t...

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