Namibia’s two marathon athletes Beata Naigambo and Helalia Johannes finished 28th and 40th respectively in the women’s marathon at the Olympic Games on Sunday, August 17.

Naigambo finished in a time of 2:33:29, which was only 12 seconds outside her personal best time.

Johannes finished 40th in 2:35:22, which was more than two minutes outside her Namibian record of 2:33:06.

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Agnes Samaria broke her Namibian 1 500m record by one hundredth of a second when she finished seventh at the Athens Grand Prix on Sunday evening.

Samaria completed the race in a time of 4:04,43 to break her former record of 4:05,44 that she set at the Stuttgart Grand Prix in September 2007.

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Excitement is running high with the tenth annual Bank Windhoek National Business Challenge Relay only days away.

Bank Windhoek entered 42 teams in this year’s Relay and is looking forward to a fun-filled and challenging event. More than 350 teams have already entered in the 2008 Bank Windhoek Business Challenge Relay.

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Namibian marathon athlete Helaria Johannes was in great form when she won the South African Half Marathon Championships in Port Elizabeth on Saturday.

Johannes’ winning time of 1 hour 10 minutes 59 seconds equalled her Namibian record that she established at the Old Mutual Victory Races in Swakopmund on September 24 last year.

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Agnes Samaria came second in the women’s 1 500m at an athletics meeting in Jerez, Spain on Tuesday in an excellent time of 4:05,67.

Her time was once again below the Olympic qualifying time of 4:07,00 and it is now the second time within the past ten days that she has gone under the Olympic qualifying time.

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