SA judoka's Lamani and Joubert bring home bronze from IBSA Grand Prix abroad
Ndyebo Lamani represented South Africa in the J1 73kg category in judo at the Paris Games earlier this year.
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Ndyebo Lamani, Coach Dirk Crafford and Jacques Joubert medals at the IBSA Grand Prix in Astana, Kazakhstan. Picture: SASAPD (South African Sports Association for Physically Disabled)/ Facebook.
JOHANNESBURG – Para-athletes Ndyebo Lamani and Jacques Joubert won bronze medals at the IBSA Grand Prix in Astana, Kazakhstan.
This marks the first Grand Prix of the LA 2028 Paralympic cycle. Lamani represented South Africa in the J1 73kg category in judo at the Paris Games earlier this year.
Ndyebo Lamani competed in the J1 -70 kg and Jacques Joubert in the J2 81 kg.
"In judo, the are two classifications J1 and J2. I fight in the J1 classification and my fighting partner, Jacques Joubert, is a J2. This means that he has 5% vision and I have 2% vision, so I’m almost completely blind," Lamani told Eyewitness News.
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Para-athletes Ndyebo Lamani and Jacques Joubert won bronze medals at the IBSA Grand Prix in Astana, Kazakhstan. Picture: Judo South Africa/ Facebook.
Lamani was born with a visual impairment that has progressively worsened.
In the J1 classification, an athlete's vision impairment must result in a visual acuity of less than or equal to LogMAR 2.6 in binocular vision.
Lamani used to compete in the J2 category but his eyesight has since deteriorated.
Lamani and Joubert are trained by Dirk Crafford.