Africa - Voice of America: Africa's Quest for Olympic Medals Elusive

Africa - Voice of America africa

Africa's Quest for Olympic Medals Elusive Aug 2nd 2012, 13:03 LONDON — South Africa is the lone African gold winner so far at this year's Olympics, with three medals, but that is not too surprising. More than half of sub-Saharan African countries have never won gold, and many have never won a single Olympic medal. With a few swift strokes, a pair of rowers managed to triple South Africa's Olympic medal count by winning the nation its third gold in this year's Games. That result put South Africa in an elite, and lonely, group on its own ... Media files: 40537098-0961-4616-9890-9AE12FA6CD1A_cx0_cy1_cw0_w800_r1.jpg (image/jpeg, 0 MB)

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