Montsho�s parents disappointed with BAA, BNSC
Boitumelo Khutsafalo | Monday August 18, 2014 11:37
“Everyone in the family is concerned, me her mother and sisters. We are all concerned for her,” says Victor Nkape, the father of the former 400m world champion. The 52-year-old who works as a supplies officer at Maun Technical College says what bothers the family is that no one has officially told them about the incident since the news of her drug tests broke.
Nkape says this is surprising considering that all the national sports associations have a cordial relationship with the family. He says sports officials always phoned the family whenever Montsho did well in competitions. “We only hear about her doping issue on radio while some told us what they read about it on Facebook. It appears Botswana National Sports Council and Botswana Athletics Association only know us when all is good.”
Montsho’s mother, Janet says she has been spending sleepless nights since the doping news came. She says that after the announcement that her daughter failed the first test, she took solace in the fact that more tests would be done. “I prayed that my daughter’s B sample will come back negative, but on hearing news that she failed again, I was so hurt. I wonder how she is taking it where ever she is,” she says. The mother says they have not communicated with their daughter since the failed dope test because her phone is not going through. The runner has however been posting messages on her Facebook timeline thanking those who stood by her.
After her second results tested positive, Montsho was given till this Friday to appeal to the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF). The CGF has reportedly passed the results to the relevant international federations who could ban the Botswana star from all competitions for two years.
Her father has vowed to support her no matter what happens. “Amantle is my first born daughter. What people don not know is that she officially use my surname, (Nkape) in her national identity card and travel documents and only use her mother’s surname (Montsho) for her races,” he says.
Nkape says during Amantle’s younger days at the cattle post where she showed her athletics talent, she outran boys as they chased livestock.