{"id":46925,"date":"2023-06-13T15:38:54","date_gmt":"2023-06-13T15:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/karate-bags-42-medals-in-zimbabwe"},"modified":"2023-06-13T16:04:13","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T16:04:13","slug":"karate-bags-42-medals-in-zimbabwe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/karate-bags-42-medals-in-zimbabwe","title":{"rendered":"Karate bags 42 medals in Zimbabwe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>Namibia finished fourth at the just-ended African Union Sports Council (AUSC) championship that was held in Harare, Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa won the tournament collecting a total of 149 medals, 56 gold, 37 Silver and 56 bronze medal, while in second place Botswana took a total of 47 medals, with 22 gold 14 silver and 11 bronze medals.<\/p>\n<p>Host nation Zimbabwe came third with a total of 40 medals, bagging five gold medals 10 silver and 25 bronze medal.<\/p>\n<p>Namibia finished fourth overall, collecting 42 medals, with four gold medals 14 silver medals and 24 bronze medals.<\/p>\n<p>Zambia was fifth with a total of 23 medals with two gold and seven silver and 14 bronze medals.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to New Era Sport yesterday, national coach Sensei Stefan van der Merwe expressed his satisfaction saying he is happy with<\/p>\n<p>the number of medals collected.<\/p>\n<p>Although they wanted to finish the top three, he added that he is content with what they had.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCompetition finished yesterday evening. The tournament was great, despite a few delays. Our team performed incredibly well. We were hoping to retain our 3rd place in the total medal tally from last year, but for a relatively small team in comparison to some of the other countries present, we are very happy with our total medal tally,\u201d he said<\/p>\n<p>Gold medal winners<\/p>\n<p>Maria-Lisa Shikalepo<\/p>\n<p>Wehan Alderdt Groenewald<\/p>\n<p>Ermano Hadrian van Wyk<\/p>\n<p>Cayden Jose Poulton<\/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. Namibia finished fourth at the just-ended African Union Sports Council (AUSC) championship that was held in Harare, Zimbabwe. 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