SWIMMING icon Kirsty Coventry says she feels honoured after handing United States’ swimmer Michael Phelps his last medal at the Olympics over the weekend in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Phelps, just like Coventry, was making his fifth and final Olympic
Zimbabwe’s swimming sensation Kirsty Coventry has qualified for the semi-finals of the 200 meter backstroke competition after coming 9th in the second heat. Related Posts: Kirsty Coventry to Carry Zimbabwe’s Flag for Second Straight Games Kirsty Coventry, Africa’s top Olympian,
Zimbabwe’s all-time Olympic champion and swimming sensation Kirsty Coventry is out to make history once again. Having won seven of Zimbabwe’s eight Olympic medals since independence in 1980, Coventry has once again set her eyes on winning medals at the
Kirsty Coventry has been selected as Zimbabwe’s flag bearer for the Olympic Opening Ceremonies on Friday night, she shared on Instagram. Coventry explained the honor, “I’m so proud to announce that I will be the ZIMBABWE FLAG-BEARER at the Opening Ceremony
“I am so proud to announce that I will be the ZIMBABWE FLAG-BEARER for the Opening Ceremony of the Rio2016 Olympic Games. Sport has the power to bring us together but our Flag has the power to keep us united.
The African with the most Olympic medals is one of the great distance runners from Kenya or Ethiopia, right? Nope. It’s a swimmer from Zimbabwe. Like Michael Phelps, Kirsty Coventry is going to the Olympics for the fifth and final
Kirsty Coventry could become the first female Olympian to win eight individual medals when she competes at the 2016 Games this summer, but recent doping scandals have made the Zimbabwe swimmer wonder if her races in Rio will be clean.
SwimMAC’s Kirsty Coventry picked up a pair of victories on the final night of the 2016 Speedo Sectionals in College Station. The meet featured short course yards in prelims and long course meters in the evening. Coventry unloaded a 1:00.08 to
ZIMBABWEAN swimming icon Kirsty Coventry has now turned herself into a fully-fledged international sporting brand. Coventry (32), a seven-time Olympic Games medallist, recently went into a partnership with an American health technology company, LifeFuels, which will see her promoting its nutritional
ZIMBABWE’S swimming sensation, Kirsty Coventry was at the weekend named the Female African Swimmer of the Year for 2015 by the well-respected United States-based swimming magazine, Swimming World after her impressive comeback to international competition this year. BY DANIEL NHAKANISO