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Zimbabwe moot fielding men relay team at Beijing Games

HARARE, April 20 (Xinhua) -- The Zimbabwe Olympic Committee are mooting out the idea of fielding a men's 4x400m relay team at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, The Herald reported on Thursday.

Robert Mutsauki, the ZOC chief executive, was quoted by the newspaper as saying that they were working on assembling a strong men's 4x400m relay team that will be led by the country's top sprinters Young Talkmore Nyongani and Lewis Banda at the world's biggest sporting showcase in Beijing.

The ZOC chief executive believes Zimbabwe can come up with quite a strong 4x400m relay team" which can set the qualifying times for the Beijing Games ...

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