Zimbabwe Team Returns With No Olympic Medals

The country's seven olympic athletes have been widely praised for their sportsmanship at the 2012 London Olympics despite returning home empty-handed.
  • Zimbabwe:   Team Zimbabwe Back Home

    The Herald, 15 August 2012

    MEMBERS of Team Zimbabwe returned home last night after taking part at the London Olympic Games which ended on Sunday. Unlike at the previous two editions in Athens 2004 and… Read more »

Swimming sensation Kirsty Coventry receives a hero's welcome on her return from past Olympics.

  • Zimbabwe:   Salute Our Supermen

    The Herald, 13 August 2012

    This is exactly what two top Zimbabwean long-distance runners, Cuthbert Nyasango and Wirimai Juwawo, produced when they brilliantly fought their way to finish in the Top 20 of the… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Minister Coltart Offside

    The Herald, 11 August 2012

    We take exception to utterances made by Education, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister David Coltart who chose to gloss over the failure of Team Zimbabwe to win a medal at the ongoing… Read more »

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