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Article: Olympic Games-bound Zimbabwean shines in United States
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- June 16, 2008
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Olympic Games-bound Zimbabwean shines in United States
HARARE, June 16 (Xinhua) -- There is no stopping for Olympic
Games-bound Zimbabwean long jumper Ngoni Makusha in the United
States.
Makusha, who is on an athletics scholarship at Florida State
University, set a new mark in his favourite event when he earned his
college their first individual crown at the NCAA outdoor track and
field championships at Des Moines in Iowa with a monstrous 8.30
meters leap in the long jump finals last Thursday.
According to reports of local media The Herald on Monday, this
was the fourth-best jump in the world this year, the best in Florida ...