BNOC lowers Olympics medal target

Medal hopeful: Amos is the only athlete to ever win an Olympic Games medal PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Medal hopeful: Amos is the only athlete to ever win an Olympic Games medal PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

The COVID-19 impact has forced the Botswana National Olympic Committee (BNOC) to revise its Tokyo Olympic Games medal target.

The BNOC had initially expected 15 athletes to qualify for sport’s biggest tournament, and to bring home four medals. However, due to COVID-19 disruptions, the target has been lowered to three. Local Organising Committee (LOC) chairperson, Moses Moruisi said they would engage sport codes about the revised target.

“The medals are brought by sporting codes so we want to engage them about this target. The review should be done now at the beginning of the year,” he said.

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