The Gambia’s observe queen Gina Bass and sprinter Sanu Jallow will as we speak grace the world stage on the 2024 Paris Olympics to partake within the athletics competitors.
The Gambian sprinter Gina is anticipated to compete within the girls’s 100 metres within the first spherical on the Stade de France within the morning. If she qualifies, the semi-final and last for the 100m will happen on Sunday at 7:55pm and 9:20pm respectively. The African 100m champion can also be scheduled to compete within the 200 metres on Sunday.
“Present African Senior and African Video games 100m champion Gina Mariam Bass Bittaye [is] set for her 100m warmth on Friday at 11:50am (9:50am Gambian Time),” the Gambia Nationwide Olympic Committee (GNOC) acknowledged.
Sanu alternatively will compete within the girls’s 800 metres’ heats on the Stade de France at 7:45pm. If she qualifies, the semi-final and last of that class are slated for Monday and Tuesday respectively.
“That is Sanu’s first ever look for The Gambia,” GNOC acknowledged.
Be aware that there’s a two hours’ time distinction between The Gambian and France.
Three Gambian Olympians have all missed the prospect to qualify for the subsequent rounds of their respective sports activities. Swimmer Aminata Nia Maria Barrow was the primary after narrowly lacking a spot within the semi-final in her debut Olympics look. Aged 20, she completed 4th within the girls’s 100m breaststroke warmth competitors with a 1:15:12 timing.
Three-time Gambian Olympian judoka Faye Njie then adopted swimsuit, after Spanish judoka Salvador Circumstances overpowered him within the Males’s 73kg encounter on the Camps de Mars. The commonwealth silver medalist obtained two cautions earlier than he was penalised on non-combative with an Ippno win. (An Ippno is awarded for a throw that locations the opponent on their again with power, velocity and management. It can be awarded for pinning the opponent down for 20 seconds or forcing the opponent into submission with a choke or joint lock. An ippon instantly ends the match. )
And at last, swimmer Ousman Jobe missed out within the Males 50 metres freestyle on Thursday morning, ending sixth place on the Paris Protection Area.
Thus Gambians are hoping that Gina and Sanu qualify to the finals.
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