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Mupopo debuted in the IAAF Diamond League in Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix in May 2015, placing seventh in 51.88.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://zambiadailynation.com/2015/05/17/mupopo-in-shock-defeat/ |title=Mupopo in shock defeat |publisher=''[[Zambia Daily Nation]]'' |date=17 May 2015 |accessdate=16 August 2015}}</ref> In July 2015 she ran 50.86 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, improving her national record by one-hundredth of a second.<ref name="tp"/> She was selected for the 2015 World Championships in Beijing.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iaaf.org/download/download?filename=dca91e1a-9f75-42fd-9aa3-371ead3a992f.pdf&urlSlug=iaaf-world-championships-beijing-2015-entries2 |title=2015 Beijing Provisional Entry List |publisher=IAAF |accessdate=16 August 2015}}</ref> | Mupopo debuted in the IAAF Diamond League in Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix in May 2015, placing seventh in 51.88.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://zambiadailynation.com/2015/05/17/mupopo-in-shock-defeat/ |title=Mupopo in shock defeat |publisher=''[[Zambia Daily Nation]]'' |date=17 May 2015 |accessdate=16 August 2015}}</ref> In July 2015 she ran 50.86 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, improving her national record by one-hundredth of a second.<ref name="tp"/> She was selected for the 2015 World Championships in Beijing.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iaaf.org/download/download?filename=dca91e1a-9f75-42fd-9aa3-371ead3a992f.pdf&urlSlug=iaaf-world-championships-beijing-2015-entries2 |title=2015 Beijing Provisional Entry List |publisher=IAAF |accessdate=16 August 2015}}</ref> | ||
She is representing Zambia at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil. On Saturday 13 August she qualified to the semi-finals | She is representing Zambia at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil. On Saturday 13 August she qualified to the semi-finals at the round 1 women's 400m where she was placed in lane six of heat seven and finished second clocking 51:76 seconds behind Jamaican Shericka Jackson, who was only three mili-seconds faster.<ref>[https://www.daily-mail.co.zm/?p=76178 Mupopo sprints to semis]], ''[[Zambia Daily Mail]]'', 14 August 2016</ref> She became one of two athletes still standing from Team Zambia in Brazil after five compatriots all tumbled in the preliminary rounds of the respective events.<ref>[https://www.lusakatimes.com/2016/08/14/spotlight-bo-jackson-mupopo-rio/ Spotlight on ‘Bo Jackson’ Mupopo in Rio], [[LusakaTimes]], 14 August 2016</ref> | ||
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