Coventry impressed

SPORTSWOMAN of the Year Kirsty Coventry is impressed with attendance of schoolchildren at her ongoing tour of the country and believes the State needs proper junior structures to develop talent from grassroots level.

REPORT BY KENNETH NYANGANI SPORTS CORRESPONDENT

The veteran Olympian, who is on a 17-day nationwide tour, started her mission on Friday in Marondera at Godfrey Huggins Secondary School where 800 students took part in motivational talks and later in the day she was at Hartzell group of schools in Manicaland where an estimated 1 000 students attended.

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