Ishitile through to next round at Paralympic Games

NAMPA

2024-08-30

PARIS, 30 August 2024 - Namibia's T11 Paralympic sprinter, Lahja Ishitile and her guide Sem Shimanda cross the finish line in the T11 400 metre race, which was their opening race of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, at the Stade de France. (Photo by: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

By Hesron Kapanga
PARIS, 30 AUG (NAMPA) – Paralympic sprinter Lahja Ishitile and her guide Sem Shimanda qualified for the next round of the women’s T11 400metre (m) race of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games underway in Paris, France.
Ishitile was the first Namibian to compete after the event started on Wednesday.
She finished first in heat two with the fastest time of all four heats held on the day.
Ishitile and Shimanda ran a time of 57.73 seconds...

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PARIS, 30 August 2024 - Namibia's T11 Paralympic sprinter, Lahja Ishitile and her guide Sem Shimanda cross the line in the T11 400 metre race, which was their opening race of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. (Photo by: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

PARIS, 30 August 2024 - Namibia's T11 Paralympic sprinter, Lahja Ishitile and her guide Sem Shimanda while competing in the T11 400 metre race, which was their opening race of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games at the Stade de France. (Photo by: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

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