Young athletes sparkle in Mauritius
Namibia’s up-and-coming junior athletes excelled at the Southern African Confederation Athletics Championships in Mauritius over the weekend. Competing at the Cote d’Or National Sport Complex, about 20km outside the capital Port Louis, the Namibian team of 13 athletes won a total of 17 medals, consisting of six gold, 10 silver and one bronze medal. It […] The post Young athletes sparkle in Mauritius appeared first on The Namibian .
Namibia’s up-and-coming junior athletes excelled at the Southern African Confederation Athletics Championships in Mauritius over the weekend.
Competing at the Cote d’Or National Sport Complex, about 20km outside the capital Port Louis, the Namibian team of 13 athletes won a total of 17 medals, consisting of six gold, 10 silver and one bronze medal.
It was Namibia’s best ever performance at the junior championships, while the country finished fourth overall out of 12 competing Southern African nations. Botswana was the overall winner, followed by Mauritius and Zimbabwe.
