{"id":28245,"date":"2023-06-13T20:05:06","date_gmt":"2023-06-13T20:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/?p=28245"},"modified":"2023-06-14T07:41:28","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T07:41:28","slug":"tzd-snatches-gold-in-gaborone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/tzd-snatches-gold-in-gaborone","title":{"rendered":"TZD SNATCHES GOLD IN GABORONE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Eswatini. <\/strong><\/span><b>TZD Sports Club represented the country brilliantly during the Lefika International Relays Competition that was staged in Botswana, Gaborone on Saturday.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The TZD relay team obtained gold in the 4\u00d7200 meters senior men\u2019s relay race after clocking 1:28:80 hours. The club travelled with five athletes for the competition, where they competed in the 4\u00d7400 metres senior men\u2019s relay as well. The traveling athletes were the 400m National Champions, namely Bongumuzi Matsebula accompanied by Mzwandile Tsabedze, Benele Dlamini, Mfundo Mkhonta and Pajero Simelane.<\/p>\n<p><b>gratitude<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The athletes had the pleasure of travelling with TZD Director Zakhele Dlamini. Dlamini, who is also the Athletics Eswatini (AE) President, expressed his gratitude for the sizeable performance displayed by the team. He cited how happy he was by the performance of the athletes for the club as well as the country at large. He continued to mention that after the team won the 4x400m relay in the National Championships that were held at Mavuso Trade Centre two weeks ago, they thought it would be great to expose the team to international competition.<\/p>\n<p>Zakhele further thanked all the club\u2019s stakeholders, who made it possible for the team to travel to Botswana. The AE president implored for continued support as they plan on returning to the same competition next year if all goes as planned. He then thanked all those who supported them financially and morally.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\">Eswatini<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Eswatini. TZD Sports Club represented the country brilliantly during the Lefika International Relays Competition that was staged in Botswana, Gaborone on Saturday. The TZD relay team obtained gold in the 4\u00d7200 meters senior men\u2019s relay race after clocking 1:28:80 hours. 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