{"id":26461,"date":"2022-07-31T11:22:54","date_gmt":"2022-07-31T11:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/johannes-wins-bronze-at-birmingham-commonwealth-games"},"modified":"2022-07-31T11:39:33","modified_gmt":"2022-07-31T11:39:33","slug":"johannes-wins-bronze-at-birmingham-commonwealth-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/johannes-wins-bronze-at-birmingham-commonwealth-games","title":{"rendered":"Johannes wins bronze at Birmingham Commonwealth Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. <\/strong><\/span><b>HELALIA Johannes gave a great performance to win a bronze medal in the women&#8217;s marathon at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Saturday.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Jessica Stenson of Australia won gold in 2:27:31, while Margaret Muriuki of Kenya won silver in 2:28:39. Johannes finished third in 2:28:39, which was 1:09 behind the winner.<\/p>\n<p>Johannes was amongst the leaders from the start and after the halfway mark she broke clear at the front with Stenson and Muriuki.<\/p>\n<p>Johannes, however, dropped behind the leaders with about 5km to go but managed to finish third, more than two minutes ahead of Eloise Wellings of Australia.<\/p>\n<p>It was Johannes&#8217; second Commonwealth Games medal after she won gold at the Gold Coast Games in Australia in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Johannes&#8217; compatriot Alina Armas gave a brave performance to finish 7th in 2:33:30, finishing just about 6 minutes behind the winner.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier Namibia&#8217;s Tomas Rainhold came 13th in the men&#8217;s marathon in 2:24:30. Victor Kiplangat of Uganda won gold in 2:10:55, followed by Felix Simbu of Tanzania (2:12:29) and Michael Githae of Kenya (2:13:16).<\/p>\n<p>In swimming, Ronan Wantenaar narrowly missed out on qualifying for the semifinals of the Men&#8217;s 100m breaststoke.<\/p>\n<p>He finished finished fourth in his heat in 1:03,14, which initially put him on the reserve list for the semifinals, but he was eventually knocked out due to faster times in the other heats.<\/p>\n<p>Wantenaar did, however, have the satisfaction of setting a new Namibia record, after breaking his former record of 1:03,64.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\">Namibia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. HELALIA Johannes gave a great performance to win a bronze medal in the women&#8217;s marathon at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Saturday. Jessica Stenson of Australia won gold in 2:27:31, while Margaret Muriuki of Kenya won silver in 2:28:39. Johannes finished third in 2:28:39, which was 1:09 behind the winner. 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