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SMS Of The Day * THIS nation is in dire need of a massive conference on housing. When we experienced a crisis in the education sector a crisis-control brain-storming conference was organised which resulted in the best deal ever for the Namibian child, nam
Food For Thought * BOURGEOISIE has become a daily occupation if not the order of the day of the upper-echelons, President Hifikepunye Pohamba we urge you to revisit this unpatriotic geocentricism among your staff and the well-connected, for everybody to r
Bouquets And Brickbats * COMMISSIONER of Prisons, can you please explain the strategies you use to appoint officers to certain positions? It is my observation that you are being fed with wrong information then you just promote individuals without making p
SMS Of The Day * I THINK Paulus ‘The Rock’ Ambunda lost his belt because of this promoter and trainer. How can a world champion still be training at the Katutura Youth Complex where there is not enough equipment. I think they must follow the example of Ha
Food For Thought * NAMIBIA Dairies are unable to match low prices of imported milk and this ultimately means the consumer will have to pay more for local milk. Look at the prices of the local chicken. All these profits are going in the pockets of a few in
Bouquets And Brickbats * I AM pleased to hear that Cabinet has responded positively to the proposal of Namibia Dairies to support the industry. The restrictions which support the industry by reducing competition to ensure the survival of the industry is a
SMS Of The Day * CEO’s golden handshakes. Somewhere on our statute books there must be a provision that if a board of directors suspends/dismisses a CEO without due regard to legal provision (substantive/procedural law) such board must carry the costs for
Food For Thought * JACKY Asheeke was so right with her last column- why are the fathers of the dead children not being prosecuted? (Reference to the children who died in shack fires last week) Our justice system still protects men over women. In this cont
Bouquets And Brickbats * ALEXACTUS Kaure, your column in Friday’s newspaper opened my eyes. One hardly finds impartial case study analysers in Namibia. Let’s not destroy the Polytechnic’s strong foundation (Tjivikua) as yet. At least wait until the transf
SMS Of The Day * WHY doesn’t NBC listen when they are criticised? The little red chairs on Good Morning Namibia have done their part and are dirty especially at the arm rests. Please listen for once. You interview professionals and internationals on those
Food For Thought * MINISTRY of Education, in order to address the shortages of teachers at primary schools why don’t you consider employing us who hold a diploma in lifelong learning and community education for teaching posts? We also did health education
Bouquets And Brickbats * MY fellow Namibians, I am not a Swapo member but a third term for President Hifikepuye Pohamba will be a step closer towards attainment of Vision 2030. Believe me His Excellency has made crucial bold decisions, and I don’t regret

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SPORT - ATHLETICS | 2013-07-24

Johanna Benson

Benson eyes 100m World title

Sheefeni Nikodemus

NAMIBIA’S paralympic star Johanna Benson qualified for the final of the T37 100m at the IPC World Athletics Championships in Lyon yesterday.

Benson ran 14,27 seconds to finish second behind home favourite Mandy Francois-Elie, who clocked a championships record time of 13,70 in the semifinals.

The 23-year-old Benson lost out to Francois-Elie for the T37 200m title on Monday when she could only master third place and will hope to stop the French athlete from collecting her second sprint title today.

While Benson is the second-fastest qualifier in the final, she will have to run considerably faster than her 14,23 personal best to topple Francois-Elie, who set the world record at 13,68 last month.

Namibia, which sent eight athletes to the event, has won three medals at the championships so far. On Sunday, T13 runner Johannes Nambala won silver in the men’s 200m, a feat matched by Ananias Shikongo in the T11 200m.

Nambala lost to the Republic of Ireland’s Jason Smyth, who won the T13 200m final in a new world record time of 21,05.

However, the double medal chasing Nambala, whose 21,59 in the 200m is a new Area Record, will look to lay day the marker in the Men’s 100m T13 semifinals today.

Nambala heads into the race as the second fastest man over the distance this year. He is ranked one-hundredth of a second slower than Philipp Handler, who has clocked a season’s best of 11,31. Also hopeful of securing a medal is Lahjia Ishitile, who narrowly missed out on a place in the women’s T11 100m final on Monday evening. She is scheduled to run in the women’s 400m T11 semifinal today. The women’s 200m T46 semifinal will see Albertina Johannes aiming to upset the form book and reach the final. Johannes has the slowest personal or season’s best of all the semi-finalists.