Beijing Olympics 2008

Agnes Samaria crashed out of the women’s 1 500m at the Olympic Games when she came seventh in her heat today.

Samaria completed the race in a slow time of 4:15,80 which was more than 10 seconds off her personal best time for the event.

The pace was slow and tactical from the start and with a lap remaining Samaria was still in with a chance in the leading pack of athletes. But Samaria’s challenge faltered over the final home straight as she could not respond to the other ...

Namibia’s Japhet Uutoni suffered a controversial defeat to Lukas Maszczyk of Poland on Saturday.

The score was tied at 5-5 at the end of four rounds, but Maszczyk was adjudged to be the winner after a recount.

Although it was not clear how they reached the final decision, the final decision was most probably influenced after cautions against boxers were taken into account.

The secretary general of the Namibia Boxing Federation, Joe Kaperu told Namibia ...

Agnes Samaria failed to qualify for the semifinals of the women’s 800m after finishing fifth in her heat on Friday.

Samaria started off strongly and was in the leading group at the halfway stage. With 200m to go she had even taken the lead, completing the 600m mark in 1:33,33. But Samaria faded over the home straight to eventually finish fifth in a time of 2:02,18.

Her heat was won by Svetlana Klyuka of Russia in 2:01,67, followed by Rosibel Garcia of Columbia (2:01,98) ...

Stephan Louw failed to qualify for the men’s long jump final by the smallest of margins after the qualifying rounds at the Olympics on Saturday.

Louw finished eighth in Group A with a best distance of 7,93 metres, to miss out on a place in the final by a mere centimetre.


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