Namibia makes inroads at Youth Olympics
Team Namibia continued to make inroads at the Youth Olympic Games in Senegal, with beach wrestler Lisias Shipopyeni and swimmer Lorenzo Esterhuizen both making their mark over the weekend. Shipopyeni competed in the men’s 60kg beach wrestling competition at Saly Beach West where he came fifth overall. He lost his opening bout in group B, 3-0 to Wilfredo Gonzalez of Venezuela on Saturday morning, but bounced back with an impressive 4-0 victory against Namon Coulibaly of Ivory Coast. Shipopyeni was scheduled to face Ioannis Kesidis of Greece in his next fight, but his opponent didn’t pitch and the bout was