ALERT: Ishitile wins bronze for Namibia

NAMPA
2024-09-07
PARIS, 07 September 2024 – Paralympic sprinter Lahja Ishitile and her guide Sem Shimanda celebrating after winning Namibia’s second medal at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games after finishing third in the women’s T11 200 metre (m) race at the Stade de Paris. (Photo by: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA PARIS, 07 September 2024 – Paralympic sprinter Lahja Ishitile and her guide Sem Shimanda celebrating after winning Namibia’s second medal at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games after finishing third in the women’s T11 200 metre (m) race at the Stade de Paris. (Photo by: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA
By Hesron Kapanga
PARIS, 07 SEP (NAMPA) – Paralympic sprinter Lahja Ishitile and her guide Sem Shimanda won Namibia’s second medal at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games when she finished third in the women’s T11 200 metre (m) race on Saturday. Ishitile and her guide clocked a time of 25.04 seconds to win bronze at the Stade de France.
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PARIS, 07 September 2024 – Paralympic sprinter Lahja Ishitile and her guide Sem Shimanda winning Namibia’s second medal at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games after finishing third in the women’s T11 200 metre (m) race at the Stade de Paris. (Photo by: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA PARIS, 07 September 2024 – Paralympic sprinter Lahja Ishitile and her guide Sem Shimanda winning Namibia’s second medal at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games after finishing third in the women’s T11 200 metre (m) race at the Stade de Paris. (Photo by: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA
PARIS, 07 September 2024 – Paralympic sprinter Lahja Ishitile and her guide Sem Shimanda celebrating after winning Namibia’s second medal at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games after they finished third in the women’s T11 200 metre (m) race at the Stade de Paris. (Photo by: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA PARIS, 07 September 2024 – Paralympic sprinter Lahja Ishitile and her guide Sem Shimanda celebrating after winning Namibia’s second medal at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games after they finished third in the women’s T11 200 metre (m) race at the Stade de Paris. (Photo by: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

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