Tokyo: Namibia’s Christine Mboma bagged a silver medal in the women’s 200m after a thrilling final. Mboma finished second to Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica in 21.81 seconds, the fastest time ever run by a woman under 20 years old.
She called her performance “the best race” of her young life.
This is the first-ever Olympic medal for a Namibian woman and the first Olympic medal for Namibia since 1996.
Namibia’s Christine Mboma had switched from the 400 m to the 200 m just before the Olympics because regulations put a cap on testosterone levels in women athletes if they want to compete in certain events at the international level.
