Zimbabwe at the Olympics
Just minutes ago as i sat watching the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics a very small Zimbabwean olympic contigent walked into the Bird's Nest stadium. Zimbabwe is facing a protracted political and economic crisis but despite having probably the smallest team at the olympics with only 13 athletes it has medal hopefuls in swimmer Kirsty Coventry and tennis ace player Cara Black who is the joint current world doubles champion.
With talks underway to resolve the crisis in Zimbabwe the team had no president to cheer it on like other nations after President Robert Mugabe was barred from attending by China.
posted by Stanley Kwenda @ 7:33 AM
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Hi,
I also watched the opening ceremony.
Zim wasn't the smallest team. There were many more countries with under 10 athletes. The island of Dominica had two athletes competing.
I was surprised we had so many athletes. I think we looked great. The team was bursting with life, as they walked onto the track, and I was so proud of them for making it.
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