Zambia: Medal At Last! – allAfrica.com

PHEW! Finally a medal was delivered at the Olympic Games ending a 28-year drought and the celebrations and accolades showered on Muzala Samukonga are justified as the country has surely been starved of success at this event since the exploits of Samuel Matete.

Though it is somewhat sad that a country, soon to celebrate its 60 years, can only boost of three medals with Gold still elusive.

To bring you up to speed, lightweight boxer Keith Mwila won Zambia’s first medal at the Los Angeles 1984 Games…