I trained for a week - Mboma
More to come from young star
Namibia's Christine Mboma has revealed that she trained for a week to prepare for the Commonwealth Games, where she settled for a bronze medal on Saturday evening in the 200m race.
Track and field sensation Christine Mboma bagged a bronze medal Saturday night at the Commonwealth Games, after she had been on an injury lay-off for two months.Returning from a hamstring injury, the 19-year-old ran a time of 22.80 seconds, while Jamaica's Elaine Thompson-Herah set a new Games record by winning gold.
The win means that the Jamaican completes the 100 and 200m double at the Games, having won the 100m in a time of 10.95 seconds last Wednesday.
Her 200m win came in a time of 22.02 seconds, which was 0.6 seconds ahead of another young sprint star, Nigeria’s Favour Ofili, who came second in 22.51 seconds.
Proud achievement
"I’m happy. I trained for one week and I was off for two months. I didn’t want to compete, but once I started training, I told my coach [Henk Botha] that I will compete because of the love for my country.
"I was scared to compete, but I wanted to see how I’m recovering," Mboma said.
She added that she had a great season last year, with the most prestigious one being the silver medal she won at the Tokyo Olympic Games.
"At the beginning of this year, I got injured and have been going through a lot. But I decided to come and to check out things. It was important to come and represent my country," the soft-spoken Mboma said.
Namibian achievements
In other sport codes over the weekend: Yesterday, Namibia’s Vera Looser missed a podium finish in the road race, finishing fourth in a time of 2:44:46.
Anri Krugel did not finish the race.
Australia’s Georgia Baker won the race, which was dominated by the Australian women’s team.
Neah Evans of Scotland took silver, and Baker’s compatriot Sarah Roy held on to a bronze medal to complete the podium.
On Saturday, Romio Goliath lost to a Pakistani opponent, Asad Ali, in the quarter-finals.
Namibia’s 5000m athlete, Daniel Paulus, finished in 14th place in a time of 13:53:12 seconds.
The race was won by Uganda’s Jacob Kiplimo, with second place going to Kenya’s Nicolas Kipkoror and another Kenyan, Jacob Krop, in third place.