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Africa-Press<\/a> – Uganda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>It\u2019s five years since David Emong first Paralympic medal, silver in the 1500m T46 race at the Est\u00e1dio Ol\u00edmpico Jo\u00e3o Havelange in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Algeria\u2019s Samir Nouioua took the Gold. In 2017, Emong and Nouioua reversed their positions at the World Para-Athletics Championship.<\/p>\n

Saturday at 4.28am will serve Emong-Nouioua III in the final at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. For someone with so many long term goals, the 30-year-old including starting an athletics academy, this matters more.<\/p>\n

Between Rio and London, Emong improved his Personal Best (PB) time from 4 minutes and 00.62 seconds to 3 minutes and 58.47 seconds. Another upgrade will mean even more history.<\/p>\n

\u201cWinning an Olympic gold medal would mean so much. But, the important thing is to run a good race,\u201d a calm and humble Emong said. \u201cThe weather is not great but we are all running in the same conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tokyo is hot and humid. Every athlete has cited it as a hindrance. When the gunshot rasps through the air at the start, the pursuit of excellence will take over. Everything will be forgotten, temporarily.<\/p>\n

Favourite<\/p>\n

Nouioua, 36, a legend to all involved with track athletics, is an eight-time Paralympic medallist and also has bagged seven medals at the worlds. That should make him a pre-race favourite. The one major challenge for people like Emong, who broke his left arm in 2005 when he was assaulted at school, is the lack of regular international competitions.<\/p>\n

He last raced in March in Tunisia and before that, another 365 days prior in Morocco. So, he must find something extra after months of camping in Kapchorwa with world and Olympic champion Joshua Cheptegei.<\/p>\n

With Namboole stadium being turned into a treatment facility for Covid-19 patients, Olympians and Paralympians have had one common complaint \u2013 lack of an international facility.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course, we all want to race more. Without competing, you just have to use your experience from previous races and do what you can,\u201d Emong adds.<\/p>\n

Awards<\/p>\n

The 2017 Nile Special-Uganda Sports Press Association (Uspa) sports personality and male athlete of the year is a gold standard for all Ugandan Paralympians.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you see people like him (Emong), you know you can also make it. They didn\u2019t start where they are. They started like us,\u201d sprinter Peace Oroma notes.<\/p>\n

Being here in a team of four feels different for Emong. He was a lone ranger in Rio 2106. \u201cNow, we have company,\u201d he says in a sentence filled with laughter. \u201cI wish we were all doing one race so we run as a team.\u201d<\/p>\n

There is nothing like that. Fittingly, Emong was flag bearer for Uganda at the opening ceremony of the 2016 Games, and performed the same task here along with para-swimmer Husnah Kukundakwe on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

On that same track where he did the walk, Emong will also spare some attention for Bulgarian Hristiyan Stoyanov, 23, a bronze medallist from London and Burundi\u2019s Remy Nikobimeze.<\/p>\n

At a glance<\/b><\/p>\n

Full Name: David Emong<\/p>\n

Date of Birth: Sept. 10, 1990<\/p>\n

Age: 30 Gender: Male<\/p>\n

Sport Class: T46<\/p>\n

Birthplace; Amolatar District<\/p>\n

Education: Industrial Design – Ndejje University, Kampala<\/p>\n

Club name: Prisons<\/p>\n

Coach: Jameson Ssenkungu<\/p>\n

Start: 2005<\/p>\n

Ambition: To win gold at the 2020 Paralympic Games<\/p>\n

Biggest moment: Winning a gold medal in the 1500m T46 at the 2017 World Championships<\/p>\n

Hero: Moses Kipsiro<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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