Hero’s welcome for Namibian teen Olympic star
Namibia’s first woman Olympic medalist, Christine Mboma has been given a hero’s welcome on her return home from Tokyo.
Report says water cannons showered the commercial jet that flew the 18-year-old and the rest of the Olympic team back to the capital, Windhoek, from Japan.
Outside the airport, dancers, bikers and sports fans joined in the celebrations, before a victory convoy paraded through the city.
A local radio station tweeted footage of the convoy, including fire trucks and hundreds of cars, making their way through the city to Katurura, Windhoek’s largest township:
Mboma won a silver medal in the 200m at the Games, just weeks after she had been told she could not compete in her preferred 400m because of her high levels.
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