Africa-Press – Angola. Due to a technical fault, Regina Dumbo was disqualified from the qualifiers for the semi-finals of the World Adapted Athletics Championship.
On Sunday night, at the event taking place at the Charlety Porte de Gentilly stadium, in Paris (France), Dumbo even took second place in the 400m for the visually impaired, class T11, with a time of 1:01.83 which would give access to the next stage , but your guide made a blunder in athletics.
Evolving on the fifth track, Adão Soares, a supporting athlete, stepped on the side track at a certain point in the course, leading to disqualification according to the rules established by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).
Thus, the sprinter from the province of Huambo is left out of the semi-finals to be played this Monday, as well as the personal record she set from 1: 02.48 to 1:01.83.
On Sunday, the two other members of the national team also evolved, namely Juliana Moko and Emelide Kassang, however, also without achieving the desired continuation in the race.
The semi-finals of the T11 women’s class will be played from 21:00 this Monday, one hour more than in Angola.
First series – Mazur Joanna (Poland), Santos de Oliveira (Brazil), Liu Cuiging (China) and Salcedo Lonis (Colombia).
In the second series – Cagiran Nur (Turkey), Ishitle Lahja (Namibia), Pabon Angie (Colombia) and Simplício Thalita (Brazil).
Qualifying results on Sunday
First series – Santos Oliveira, from Brazil, beat the competition with a time of 1:00.20, followed by Liu Cuiging, from China, with 1:01.01, Mazur Joanna, from Poland, with 1:03.28 and Cagiran Nur, from Turkey, with 1 :04.16.
In the second series, Colombian Salcedo Lonis dominates, with 1:01.40, followed by Koech Chel, from Kenya, with 1:07.51, Wu Yi-Jung, from China TPE, with 1:11.74 and Regina Dumbo, from Angola, disqualified.
In the third series, Ishitle Lahja, from Namibia, won with 58.46, followed by Pabon Angie, from Colombia, with 59.27, Emeloide Kassang, from Angola, with 1:06.20 and Jepkemei Priscah, from Kenya, disqualified.
In the fourth and last series Simplicio Thalita, from Brazil, 1:00.26, followed by Beel Quintana, from Spain, with 1:04.42, Juliana Moko, from Angola, with 1:04.49 and Njoroge Mary, from Kenya, with 1:17.03.
Angola returns to the track on Wednesday in the 100 meters with the three sprinters and with Manuel Jaime, in the 400 meters for the T46 class, with physical disabilities.
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