ALERT: Ishitile wins gold for Namibia

NAMPA
2024-08-31
PARIS, 31 August 2024 – Paralympic sprinter Lahja Ishitile and her guide Sem Shimanda celebrating after winning a gold medal at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games and setting a new Paralympic record in the women’s T11 400 metre race. Ishitile and Shimanda clocked 56.20 seconds to win gold at the Stade de Paris. (Photo by: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA
PARIS, 31 August 2024 – Paralympic sprinter Lahja Ishitile and her guide Sem Shimanda celebrating after winning a gold medal at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games and setting a new Paralympic record in the women’s T11 400 metre race. Ishitile and Shimanda clocked 56.20 seconds to win gold at the Stade de Paris. (Photo by: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA
By Hesron Kapanga
PARIS, 31 AUG (NAMPA) – Paralympic sprinter Lahja Ishitile and her guide Sem Shimanda won Namibia’s first medal at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games with a new Paralympic record in the women’s T11 400 metre (m) race on Saturday. Ishitile and her guide clocked 56.20 seconds to win a gold medal at the Stade de Paris.
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PARIS, 31 August 2024 – Paralympic sprinter Lahja Ishitile and her guide Sem Shimanda celebrating after winning a gold medal at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games and setting a new Paralympic record in the women’s T11 400 metre race. Ishitile and Shimanda clocked 56.20 seconds to win gold at the Stade de Paris. (Photo by: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA
PARIS, 31 August 2024 – Paralympic sprinter Lahja Ishitile and her guide Sem Shimanda celebrating after winning a gold medal at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games and setting a new Paralympic record in the women’s T11 400 metre race. Ishitile and Shimanda clocked 56.20 seconds to win gold at the Stade de Paris. (Photo by: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA
PARIS, 31 August 2024 – Paralympic sprinter Lahja Ishitile and her guide Sem Shimanda celebrate after winning a gold medal at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games on Saturday. (Photo by: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA
PARIS, 31 August 2024 – Paralympic sprinter Lahja Ishitile and her guide Sem Shimanda celebrate after winning a gold medal at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games on Saturday. (Photo by: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

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