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Africa-Press – Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>Namibia\u2019s Commonwealth Youth Team is finding the going tough at the current 2023 games in Trinidad and Tobago.<\/p>\n The games, which began on 4 August, have seen Namibia win two bronze medals in triathlon and discus. On Sunday, Maja Brinkman came third in the Women\u2019s Individual Super Sprint Distance behind Aspen Anderson of Australia, who finished in 32 minutes, 53 seconds (32:23s) \u2013 and Jessica Heeps of Scotland, who clocked 33:17s. Brinkman finished in 34:02 seconds.<\/p>\n Speaking from Port of Spain, Brinkman said it was an unbelievable feeling to be a bronze medallist at the Commonwealth Youth Games.<\/p>\n \u201cThe race was very tough; the swimming and cycling were really hard. The running was so brutal at one point that I felt like I was dying. But I managed to finish really hard to win the bronze medal,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Her male counterparts, Nathan Chase and Fourie Steyn, finished 10th and 11th, respectively, out of 25 competitors.<\/p>\n On Monday, Para Athlete Martha Nengola was third in the ladies\u2019 discus with a throw of 15.01 metres behind Nigeria\u2019s Destiny Nkemakonam Agbo in first place and Bibi Jackson of England in second place.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, talented swimmer Jose Nicholass Canjulo was involved in two finals.<\/p>\n He came fifth in the men\u2019s 50-metre breaststroke and seventh in the men\u2019s 50-metre backstroke. In athletics, Magano Naseb failed to make it to the 100-metre final today after he came 6th in the semi-finals.<\/p>\n Namibia is currently number 13 on the medal log with two bronze medals, while Australia leads at the top with eight gold medals, seven silver medals and nine bronze medals (24 in total).<\/p>\n The games are scheduled to end on 11 August 2023. Namibia sent 13 athletes and seven officials.<\/p>\n For More News And Analysis About Namibia<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Maqonda Ndlovu Africa-Press – Namibia. Namibia\u2019s Commonwealth Youth Team is finding the going tough at the current 2023 games in Trinidad and Tobago. The games, which began on 4 August, have seen Namibia win two bronze medals in triathlon and discus. On Sunday, Maja Brinkman came third in the Women\u2019s Individual Super Sprint Distance […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":50990,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[234,236,233],"class_list":["post-50991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-namibia","tag-namibia"],"yoast_head":"\n