Personal best for local athlete

Personal best for local athletePara-athlete Jansen finishes sixth in discus Dian Jansen, Namibia's sole representative at the 2017 World Para-Athletics Junior Championships, finished sixth in the discus competition in Nottwil, Switzerland, on Friday. Para-athlete Dian Jansen, who represented Namibia at able-bodied competitions through the Namibia School Sport Union (NSSU), was competing in the F44 category in Discus and Shot Put.

The Namibian teenager's first event at the competition was in discus on Friday when he threw a distance of 34.41m and finished sixth overall out of the seven competitors.

Jansen's coach, Hendrik Botha, told Nampa in a telephone interview on Saturday that the athlete did his best in a category that had strong competitors.

Botha added that the 34.41m throw on Friday was Jansen's personal best.

Akeem Stewart from Trinidad and Tobago won gold in the F44 men's shot put competition and Jeremy Campbell from the US won gold in the shot put.

F44 is a disability sport classification for field athletes. Athletes in this category have impairments in the lower limbs; a unilateral or combination of lower-limb impairments resulting in functional loss in one foot, ankle and or lower leg.

A total of 275 Paralympic athletes from 41 countries, including Brazil, Colombia, the Czech Republic, Germany, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Jamaica, Japan, Mexico and Poland, have taken part in the international multi-sport event.

Athletes in this class compete in a standing position and without support.

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