Could Cameroon's Govt Do More For its Athletes?

Former Cameroonian athlete and 2005 African table tennis champion, Victorine Fomum, who was paid just 10 dollars for winning a gold medal says she understands why seven of her fellow athletes vanished at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
  • Cameroon:   Cameroonian Athletes Braving the Odds

    IPS, 22 August 2012

    Victorine Fomum is Cameroon's 2005 African table tennis champion. She often used to "train without rackets, without balls, without appropriate clothing and without good tables."… Read more »

Cameroon's olympics team.

Congo's Cedric Mandembo (L) lost his judo match in 49 seconds to Russian Alexander Mikhaylin

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