Emmanuel Grace Mouambako, second from left, and Mireille Nganga, middle, had been the flag bearers for Staff Congo on the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Summer time Paralympic Video games at Place de la Concorde on Aug. 28, 2024. The 2 athletes and Mouambako’s sighted information have since gone lacking.
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Congolese shot putter Mireille Nganga and sprinter Emmanuel Grace Mouambako went lacking shortly after competing within the 2024 Paralympic Video games, in line with French media reviews Thursday.
Le Parisien newspaper reported that French authorities opened an investigation final weekend over their disappearance, and that of Mouambako’s sighted information, Sharon Victor Loussanga.
A Congolese delegation official instructed legislation enforcement that Nganga, Mouambako and Loussanga had been all final seen on Sept. 5 on the athletes’ village in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, Le Monde newspaper reported.
Nganga, who has a leg impairment, and Mouambako, who’s visually impaired, had been their nation’s flag bearers on the opening ceremony. Nganga recorded no mark within the seated javelin and shot put occasions, whereas Mouambako positioned fourth within the males’s 100-meter sprint. The 2 athletes had been each absent from the closing ceremony final Sunday.
In accordance with the Related Press, the athletes’ suitcases have additionally gone lacking, although their passports stay with the Congolese delegation. The Paralympic Committee of the Democratic Republic of Congo didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark.
A number of days earlier than the Paralympics’ opening ceremony, Rwandan volleyball participant Claudine Bazubagira additionally went lacking in France, Le Monde reported. She beforehand participated within the 2016 Video games in Rio de Janeiro and the 2020 Video games in Tokyo.
