Sports Briefs Uutoni into semis at Games

Sports Briefs Uutoni into semis at Games

NAMIBIAN boxer Jafet Uutoni has progressed to the semi-finals of the light-flyweight competition of the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia.

Uutoni beat Jack Willie from Papa New Guinea in the second round of their four-round quarterfinal bout after the referee stopped the contest. Uutoni, Namibia’s 2005 Sportsman of the Year, is the only Namibian still in the boxing competition.He will now face Simanga Shiba from Swaziland in the semi-finals tomorrow.The other semi-finalists are John Langley from England and Mohammed Nasir from Wales.Cyclist Craven in top 20 at Games NAMIBIA’S Dan Craven ended 18th out of 69 cyclists in the men’s individual time trial at the Commonwealth Games yesterday.Craven finished the 40-km distance in 54 minutes and 23 seconds.Countryman Jacques Celliers ended 21st while Arno Viljoen ended 25th.The competition was won by Australia’s Nathan O’ Neil in 48:37 followed by compatriot Ben Day and New Zealand’s Gordon McCauley in third place in 49:50.The Namibian road cyclists will be in action again on March 26 in the circuit race.Meanwhile, the mountain bikers will be in action tomorrow in the cross-country event.Tobias wins Independence Race SOUTH African-based Namibian long-distance runner Tobias Hiskia won the 16th Independence Race in Windhoek yesterday.Hiskia, who plies his trade as a professional runner in South Africa, won the 15-km race with ease, pipping defending champion Willem Rooi to the finish line.Twenty-seven-year-old Hiskia, who ran for Sunshine Athletics Club, clocked 41 minutes and 42 seconds to beat Rooi from Golden Cheetahs Athletics Club by 20 seconds.David Tomas, also from Golden Cheetahs, ended third in a time of 42:15.Uutoni, Namibia’s 2005 Sportsman of the Year, is the only Namibian still in the boxing competition.He will now face Simanga Shiba from Swaziland in the semi-finals tomorrow.The other semi-finalists are John Langley from England and Mohammed Nasir from Wales.Cyclist Craven in top 20 at Games NAMIBIA’S Dan Craven ended 18th out of 69 cyclists in the men’s individual time trial at the Commonwealth Games yesterday.Craven finished the 40-km distance in 54 minutes and 23 seconds.Countryman Jacques Celliers ended 21st while Arno Viljoen ended 25th.The competition was won by Australia’s Nathan O’ Neil in 48:37 followed by compatriot Ben Day and New Zealand’s Gordon McCauley in third place in 49:50.The Namibian road cyclists will be in action again on March 26 in the circuit race.Meanwhile, the mountain bikers will be in action tomorrow in the cross-country event. Tobias wins Independence Race SOUTH African-based Namibian long-distance runner Tobias Hiskia won the 16th Independence Race in Windhoek yesterday.Hiskia, who plies his trade as a professional runner in South Africa, won the 15-km race with ease, pipping defending champion Willem Rooi to the finish line.Twenty-seven-year-old Hiskia, who ran for Sunshine Athletics Club, clocked 41 minutes and 42 seconds to beat Rooi from Golden Cheetahs Athletics Club by 20 seconds.David Tomas, also from Golden Cheetahs, ended third in a time of 42:15.

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