Dolphins close the gap
Submitted by editor on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 20:14.
The race for the top club at the National Swimming Championships heated up on Friday as Dolphins closed the gap on the Namib Swimming Academy.
At the end of the second session, NSA was still the overall leader with 20 gold medals and a total of 41 medals, but Dolphins were just behind with 17 gold medals and a total of 55 medals.
There were once again no records, but some good times were recorded, while swimmers from the visiting Mpumalanga team also put in some good performances.
Naigambo shatters marathon record
Submitted by editor on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 12:44.
Beata Naigambo shattered the Namibian marathon record on Friday when she came 14th at the Dubai Marathon in a time of 2:29:20.
Naigambo’s time was an improvement of more than a minute on the former record of 2:30:35 that Helalia Johannes had established when she won the Dublin Marathon in October last year.
Competing against some of the world’s top marathon runners, Naigambo kept up with the early pace setters before dropping off the pace over the second half of the race.
Hitman going for world title
Submitted by newsdesk on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 09:53.
Paulus “The Hitman” Moses will now be fighting for the full WBO lightweight title and not the Interim WBO lightweight title after his opponent Ricky Burns was confirmed as the WBO's new lightweight world champion.
Burns became the full champion after the former WBO champion Juan Manuel Marquez of Mexico moved up to the welterweight division.
Moses is scheduled to fight Burns on March 10 in Glasgow.
Moses’ trainer, Nestor Tobias said that the fact that the fight is now a world title fight did not change the way they had been working in the gym.
Matchless road race on Sunday
Submitted by newsdesk on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 09:50.
The second race of the Windhoek Pedal Power (WPP) series will take place on Sunday and will start and finish at the Matchless Mine turn off on the Daan Viljoen road.
The race is scheduled to start at 07h30 with registration between 06h30 and 07h15 on race day.
The route will take the riders on a 36.8 course to Elisenheim Bridge with the elite men riding an extra three loops at Dobra for a total distance of 106.6km
Swimming champs off to good start
Submitted by editor on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 09:45.
The Namibia National Swimming Championships started in Windhoek on Thursday, with swimmers from Windhoek, Swakopmund and Oranjemund competing.
No records were established on the opening day, but there were some good performances in the various age groups.
Kiara Schatz of Namib Swimming Academy won the Girls 11-12 50m butterfly in a time of 32,64 seconds which was close to Sonja Adelaar’s national record of 31,42 that she established at the African Junior Championships in Nigeria last December.
