Posted on 09 August 2012. Tags: Apologies, Botswana, Debut, Excitement, Failure, Fastest Time, Gaberone, Gaborone, Heat Race, Kenya, Medal Contender, Olympic Campaign, Olympics, Pride, Running, Sensation, Symmonds, Teenager, These Games, World Champion, Yea, Youngster
Looks like Botswana will have a medal in the Olympics for the first time ever! It’s unofficial but Nijel Amos won silver in the men’s 800. Alas, the Americans took fourth and fifth (Symmonds). I was not able to find any Botswana media yet on the win. Give it a day or two. But I [...]
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Posted on 05 July 2012. Tags: African Nations, Allyson Felix, America Article, American Star, Daegu South Korea, Dakar Senegal, Gold Medal, Independent Judiciary, Koffi, Medal Contender, Meter Specialist, Military Coup, National Heroine, Olympic Games, Olympic Gold, Olympic Medal, Republic Of Botswana, S 400, Voice Of America, Winter Games
Two fascinating articles shed light on my feelings about the Olympic Games. The Republic of Botswana (one of my favorite African nations for its continuous peaceful electoral history, never a military coup, respect for human rights and an independent judiciary, and enormously high standard of living compared to other African nations) has never won an [...]
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