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 25 July 2012. Tags: 2012 Olympic Games, Attri, Eric Liddell, Finish Line, Fortitude, London 2012 Olympic Games, Muscle Pull, Niggling Injuries, Olympic Games, Olympic Team, Race Against Time, Rare Show, S 400, Semifinal Race, Seribe, Showpiece, Stumbling Block, Tight Grip, Worthy Contenders, Youngster
These two articles update us on the Botswana Olympic team. At least two of the five athletes were in a injury scare in this article from the Sunday Standard (note the unusual word in the title; I certainly would not ever use it but they speak British English in Botswana!) The two, men’s 400 meters [...]
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