Namibia: Lahja Upgrades to Gold in Paris

Paris is proving to be a happy hunting ground for Lahja Ishitile, who became only the third Namibian to win a Paralympic Games gold medal on Saturday night.

Storming to glory in a new games record of 56,20 seconds for the women’s T11 400 metres, her spectacular triumph, at the third attempt, was a spirited effort to turn the series near-misses into Paralympics immortality.

Ishitile is the second Namibian woman after the trail-blazing Johanna Benson to top the podium at the Paralympic Games.

Benson…