Namibia

Tjipekapora Herunga won her second medal at the All Africa Games on Thursday evening when she finished third in the women's 200m final in a new Namibian record time of 23.50 seconds.

Tjipekapora Herunga won Namibia's second medal at the All Africa Games in Maputo, Mozambique on Tuesday evening when she came third in the women's 400m final.

The Namibian team that will compete at the 10th All Africa Games in Maputo, Mozambique received an official sendoff at the Ministry of Sport's headquarters in Windhoek on Thursday.

Namibian Tjipekapora Herunga continued her good form when she won the 400m race in the Internationales Abendsportfest in Rhede, Germany recently.

Two athletes will represent Namibia at this year’s IAAF World Youth Championships which will be held in Lille, France from July 6 to 10 2011.

Reinhold Iita and Helalaia Johannes won the men and women’s categories respectively at the first leg of the 2011 Old Mutual Victory Races in Keetmanshoop on Saturday.

Namibian middle distance runner, Daniel Nghipandulwa, won the men's 1500m race in cold, wet and windy conditions on Thursday in Reid, Austria.

The first leg of this year's Old Mutual Victory Race Series will take place in Keetmanshoop on June 25 starting at the Keetmanshoop Stadium.

Former Namibian sprinter Sherwin Vries is planning a comeback to qualify for the 2012 Olympic Games in London next summer.

Four of Namibia's top athletes have left for Germany to compete in a series of German athletics events as part of the Vision 2016 programme.

Athletics Namibia (AN) has announced a 17-member team that will represent Namibia at the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) Southern Region Senior Athletics Championships in Maputo, Mozambique on July 2-3, 2011.

Namibian athlete Tjipekapora Herunga finished second to South African Caster Semenya in the 400m at the third Yellow Pages meeting in Bellville, South Africa on Thursday.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) have teamed up to help educate young refugees in Namibia.

Luketz Swartbooi showed his younger opponents a clean pair of heels to win the second leg of the Old Mutual Victory Races in Swakopmund last Saturday with Helalia Johannes also showing her class.

Athletics Namibia President, Frank Fredericks has announced the junior and senior national teams that will compete at international athletics meetings in the coming months.

Rodger Haitengi was the star performer at the Bank Windhoek National Athletics Championships on Saturday as he leapt to a new Namibian triple jump record of 16.74m.

Namibian athletics fans will be in for a great treat this weekend as top junior and senior athletes slug it out at the Coca-Cola Frank Fredericks Invitational Meet and the Bank Windhoek Senior National Championships in Windhoek.

Rodger Haitengi was Namibia’s star performer at the fourth leg of the South African Yellow Pages Athletics Series in Johannesburg on March 24, setting a new national triple jump record.

Some top class athletics performances were on show in Windhoek over the weekend when the cream of Namibia's junior athletes competed at the Coca Cola National Athletics School Championships at Windhoek's Independence Stadium.

Coca Cola has announced a sponsorship of N$140 000 for the Coca Cola Frank Fredericks Invitational Athletics Meeting which will take place for the 14th consecutive year on Friday, April 9.