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136: 565: 616: 112: 203:, aged 18, Njie won a bronze medal in the women's 800 metres (with a time of 2:10.10). She was the first Gambian runner to win a medal at the championships for an individual performance, as the country's only other medal had come in the 4 × 100 metres relay (at the 473: 406: 666: 461: 256: 220: 676: 671: 661: 279:
in Athens, Njie was again the only woman in the Gambian delegation. She was only invited to compete a month before the games were due to start, as another Gambian athlete,
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in Kuala Lumpur, placing 17th in a field of 25 runners where the top 16 qualified for the semi-finals. For the
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of Romania. However, she became the first Gambian woman to participate in three Olympic Games, with sprinter
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being the only other Gambian woman to have previously participated in multiple editions.
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Athletics at the 2004 Athina Summer Games: Women's 800 metres Round One
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Athletics at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Women's 800 metres Round One
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in Sydney, Njie was one of only two Gambian athletes (along with
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Athletics at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Women's 800 metres
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800 METRES WOMEN, 6TH IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN ATHLETICS
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Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
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Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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List of flag bearers for the Gambia at the Olympics
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The Gambia
athletics
Gambia
African Championships
1996 Yaoundé
Gambian
800 metres
Olympic Games
Commonwealth Games
flag-bearer
2000 Summer Olympics
1996 African Championships in Athletics
1984 event
Gambian delegation
1996 Summer Olympics
Atlanta
800 metres
Kutre Dulecha
Yaznee Nasheeda
1997 World Championships in Athletics
1998 Commonwealth Games
2000 Summer Olympics
Pa Mamadou Gai
800 metres
2001 World Championships in Athletics
2003 World Championships
2004 Summer Olympics
Mama Gassama
Maria Cioncan
Jabou Jawo

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