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Zimbabwean sports offcials confident about Beijing Olympic showcase after All Africa Games |
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09:36, August 02, 2007 |
The All-Africa Games gave some of the Olympic Games-bound Zimbabwean athletes a good platform of gauging their strength before taking part in the world''s biggest sporting showcase in Beijing Olympics next year, local media reported on Wednesday.
Robert Mutsauki, the Zimbabwe Olympic Committee chief executive, was quoted by The Herald as saying that the All-Africa Games also gave a number of local athletes the perfect opportunity of fine-tuning themselves before this month''s World Athletics Championships in Osaka, Japan.
Reviewing the performances of the Olympic-bound Zimbabwean athletes at the Algiers Games, Mutsauki said they were pleased with their overall showing.
ZOC were also convinced that they would do well at both the World Championships in Athletics and the Beijing Games
He singled out young United States-based swimmer Heather Brand as one athlete who really showed improvement during the All-Africa Games.
During the Games, Brand raced inside the Beijing Games B Standard qualifying time for the 100m butterfly by clocking 1:00.99 on her way to winning a silver medal for Zimbabwe.
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