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Shinning moments of Helalia Johannes

                                                                                         

 Helalia Johannes branded as a Namibian medalist  after winning a Gold medal during the 2018 Commonwealth Games which was held in Australia. Good times shortly after her success,three days after her winning she was promoted to the rank of warrant officer class two in the Namibian Defence Force.

Beside her incredible achievement, Johannes has been a star on track as she holds Namibian record of the 10km,20 km ,half marathon and marathon events .  During her career as a long distance runner, Johannes's victory was the best result in marathon since she was a runner-up in Beijing Olympics in 2008. She improved her personal best  when she won  during the Dublin Marathon, in 2011.  She also participated  in All-African games and the Military World games in 2011 at which won Bronze medal.

Johannes has continued to improve her performance and working on her career, pushing harder just to be the best and break the World Marathon record in the future.