Coventry claims two gold medals at All Africa Games

Coventry claims two gold medals at All Africa Games

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ZIMBABWEAN swimming sensation and Olympic champion Kirsty Coventry won two gold medals on Saturday at the All Africa Games and was denied a silver when her team was disqualified from the 4x100-meter relay.

Coventry won the 100-meter backstroke by setting a new All Africa Games record of 1 minute, 1,28 seconds. She then won the 800-meter freestyle in 8:43.89, another games record.

Coventry went straight back in the pool to swim the last leg of the freestyle relay for Zimbabwe in the final race of the day. She advanced from fifth place to second, only to see her team disqualified for a false start on the third leg.
South Africa won the relay in 3:56.05, with Egypt in second and Tunisia third.

"It's been a great competition so far. The pool's great, the crowd is very loud, I have the whole Zimbabwean team upstairs screaming and yelling for me so that always helps," said Coventry, who also won the 400-meter medley on Wednesday.

The All Africa Games run until July 23. About 8 000 athletes are competing in 27 sports. - Sapa
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