Sporting Witness
Sporting Witness
The Golden Girls of Zimbabwe
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November 10, 2022
9 minutes
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In 1980, the newly independent nation of Zimbabwe was invited to enter a women's hockey team at the Olympic Games in Moscow. Despite their unfamiliarity with the pitches - and each other - the players won an unexpected gold medal and were nicknamed the Golden Girls. In 2016, Claire Bowes talked to Liz Chase, one of the victorious Zimbabweans.
(Photo: Zimbabwe's women's hockey team display their gold medals. Credit: Patricia McKillop via Alamy)