Namibia's Christine Mboma celebrates after taking silver in the women's 200m final during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo on August 3, 2021. (Photo by Giuseppe CACACE / AFP)

Hero’s welcome for Namibian teen Olympic star

On Aug 10, 2021

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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