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Zimbabwe’s “Golden Girl”, Kirsty Coventry was awarded US$100,000 by Robert Mugabe for her spectacular performance at the Beijing 2008 Olympics. She won a gold medal and broke the world record in the women’s 200 meters backstroke and also won three silvers in the 400m individual medley, 100m backstroke and 200m individual medley. The $100,000 is double the $50,000 “pocket money” that she was given by Mugabe on her return from the 2004 Athens Olympics. The cash award has sparked a bit of...Read Full Story
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Kirsty Coventry , a swimmer for Zimbabwe set a new world record in the women's 100m backstroke in Beijing on Monday. She finished the semi-final event wit a time of 55.87 seconds, barely beating the previous record of 58.97 seconds set by Natalie Coughlin at the US trials in Omaha, Nebraska on July 1. Coventry, who was just trying to finish the race on top said that the world record was a surprise, not something she had set her sights on beating. More than anything Coventry is excited for...Read Full Story
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AUSTIN, Texas, January 31. SIX months after news broke that Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry would be hosted by the Royal Couple of Monaco in her training up until the 2012 London Games, Coventry has electe...
On the women’s side, Karin Prinsloo, one of the country’s other bright prospects, won the 100m freestyle in a time of 56.08, again short of the 54.57 qualifying time to edge out Kirsty Coventry (56.60) for first position. Coventry, the Zimbabwean ...
At the 2007 Japanese Open Championships, Rice won silver behind Zimbabwean champion Kirsty Coventry in the 400 m individual medley. In doing so, she smashed her personal best time by 3.61 seconds, cracking the 4:40 barrier and setting a new Australian and ...
At the 2007 Japanese Open Championships, Rice won silver behind Zimbabwean champion Kirsty Coventry in the 400 m individual medley. In doing so, she smashed her personal best time by 3.61 seconds, cracking the 4:40 barrier and setting a new Australian and ...
Around 230 competitors will take part in the meet at the Kings Park Pool, including more than 20 foreign swimmers – among them Zimbabwe's double Olympic gold medallist Kirsty Coventry. “We're just six months away from London and it's a very important ...
GREAT BRITAIN claimed nine medals including one gold and set two new European and two Commonwealth records on the third day of the World Short-Course Championships in Manchester. Five world records were set at the MEN Arena on what proved to be a ...
Kirsty Leigh Coventry (born September 16 , 1983 ) is a Zimbabwean swimmer. Born in Harare , Zimbabwe, she attended and swam competitively for Auburn University in Alabama , in the ...