Nambala misses out on 800m final

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2025-11-22

TOKYO, 22 November 2025 – Namibia’s 800-metre sprinter, Nghihupwamunhu Nambala (in blue) while in action during the 800m semi-final heat at the Deaflympic Games in at the Tokyo Metropolitan Komazawa Stadium in Japan. (Photo by: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

By Hesron Kapanga
Namibia’s 800-metre sprinter, Nghihupwamunhu Nambala, missed out on a place in the final after finishing last in his semi-final heat at the Deaflympic Games in Tokyo.
Nambala, who set a new personal best of two minutes, three seconds and 15 hundredths (02:03.15) in Friday’s heat five of the men’s 800m, found the pace unrelenting in heat two of the semi-finals.
The heat was one of the day’s quickest semi-finals, and Nambala cross...

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TOKYO, 22 November 2025 – Namibia’s 800-metre sprinter, Nghihupwamunhu Nambala while in action during the 800m semi-final heat at the Deaflympic Games in at the Tokyo Metropolitan Komazawa Stadium in Japan. (Photo by: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

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