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Kirsty Coventry scoops gold at African Games

Zimbabwean swimming legend Kirsty Coventry scooped the country’s first gold medal at the 2015 African Games in Congo Brazzaville after powering to pole position in the 100m backstroke final on Tuesday evening.

Coventry who is captaining the Zimbabwe African Games team won with a time of one minute 01.15 seconds to hand Zimbabwe with its first medal of the African sporting extravaganza.

The gold medal was Zimbabwe’s first of the games which started on the 4th of this month.

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