IT is now close to two years since Kirsty Coventry was last involved in competitive swimming, but the four-time Olympian feels her career is still far from being over.

THE Troutbeck ATU African Triathlon Championship received a major boost following a marked increase in the number of participating elite athletes from across the continent ahead of the prestigious continental showpiece in the Nyanga resort town on Saturday.

PENGUIN Swimming Club’s 12-year old Theo Marimira rose to the occasion at the Zimbabwe National Aquatic Championships held in Harare from Thursday last week to Monday grabbing gold in the 200m medley relay, two bronze medals for 50m breaststroke and 200m breaststroke.

A TEAM of 57 junior Matabeleland swimmers will leave for Harare today for the Zimbabwe National Aquatic Championships that start tomorrow ending February 24.

DEJECTION and disillusionment could be mere words safely tucked in the dictionary, but they suitably sum up Olympics swimming medalist Kirsty Coventry’s feelings at the direction local sport has taken.

MATABELELAND junior swimmer Brendon Cyprianos will take part in the Mashonaland short course compettion on Thursday in Harare as preparations for the Level III swimming competition set for South Africa in March.

DENILSON Cyprianos of Penguins swimmers broke two national outstanding records in the 50m and 100m backstroke categories during the four-day Matabeleland Swimming Championships held at City Pool in Bulawayo over the weekend.

PROMISING Zimbabwe swimmer Sean Gunn enhanced his status as one of the top swimmers at Limestone College in the United States with stellar performance for the South Carolina-based institution recently.

“I will be competing at Rio2016 Olympics,” that’s the bold statement from Zimbabwe swimming icon Kirsty Coventry.