Namibia’s 200 metres women’s Olympic Games silver medallist Christine Mboma says she cannot promise any silverware but is looking forward to competing in her first Commonwealth Games final.

Mboma said this in an interview with Nampa on Friday night after winning heat two of the women’s 200m in a time of 22.93 seconds.

With that win, she has now set up a rematch of the Olympic Games with Jamaica’s 200m Olympic Games gold medallist Elain Thompson-Herah who won heat three in a time of 22.63 seconds, the fastest time in all the three heats that were held on the night.

Mboma’s time was the third fastest just behind Nigerian sprinter Favour Ofili who ran a time of 22.66 seconds.

The final of the women’s 200m at the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games will be held at the Alexander Stadium on Saturday at 22h44 Namibian time.

Mboma said being out of the track for a long time slowed down her progress and is however happy to have reached the final of her event at the games.

“I feel good and looking forward to the final. My body feels good and the thoughts I had of probably reinjuring myself are no more there therefore I am ready for the final and will give it my all,” said Mboma.

Meanwhile, another Namibian athlete expected to compete on Saturday in the 5000m runner is Daniel Paulus who will be making his debut at the games and will be fighting for the silverware at 21h10 alongside 2022 Commonwealth Games 10 000m gold medallist Jacob Kiplimo from Uganda and several Kenyan elite athletes.

On Friday night at the Alexander Stadium, Namibia’s 400m sprinter Ivan Danny Geldenhuys missed out on a spot for the men’s 400m final that will be held on Saturday night after finishing fourth in his heat.

Source: The Namibian Press Agency