Ishitile through to 100m semi-finals

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2024-09-05

PARIS, 05 September 2024 – Namibian sprinter Lahja Ishitile and her guide Sem Shimanda in action during the semi-final heats of the women’s T11 200-meter race at a rainy Stade de France during the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. (Photo by: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

By Hesron Kapanga
PARIS, 05 SEP (NAMPA) – Paralympic sprinter Lahja Ishitile and her guide, Sem Shimanda, have qualified for the final of the women’s T11 200-metre race at the 2024 Paralympic Games, currently underway in Paris, France.
Ishitile, who won a gold medal in the 400m on Saturday and narrowly missed out on a medal in the 100m, finished second in heat two with an African record time of 24.82 seconds, the second-fastest time across all f...

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PARIS, 04 September 2024 – Namibian sprinter Lahja Ishitile and her guide Sem Shimanda in action during the semi-final heats of the women’s T11 200-meter race at a rainy Stade de France during the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. (Photo by: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

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