National athletics coach Letu Hamhola on Thursday confirmed that the country's elite sprinters will not be at the Rio Olympic Games after missing out on the ongoing 20th African Senior Athletics Championships in Durban, South Africa.
Hamhola's woes were compounded further on Wednesday when several of Namibia's athletes posted dismal times during the opening day of the continental championships, which double as the final Olympic qualifying event for athletes on African soil.
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